On 1 Mar 2016 at 14:50, Kees Cook wrote: > > @@ -124,5 +159,37 @@ quiet_cmd_host-cxxobjs = HOSTCXX $@ > > $(host-cxxobjs): $(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.cc FORCE > > $(call if_changed_dep,host-cxxobjs) > > > > +# Compile .c file, create position independent .o file > > +# host-cshobjs -> .o > > +quiet_cmd_host-cshobjs = HOSTCC -fPIC $@ > > Is there a reason to include the -fPIC and -shared (below) in the > "quiet" output? this is how it used to be before the entire .so building infrastructure was nuked from the upstream kernel some time last year IIRC, i only kept it alive as it was in PaX. i guess the quiet command was more verbose to make it easier to spot shared objects during make which at the time were built as dependencies only, not as primary targets (as is the case now with the gcc plugins). in any case, this is just a visual clue and i don't particularly care about the color of this bikeshed :). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
