From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6184: cleanup: remove src/prefix-args.c Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 11:24:51 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1274282842 5608 80.91.229.12 (19 May 2010 15:27:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 15:27:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 6184@debbugs.gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 19 17:27:21 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OElB1-0002tY-OX for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 May 2010 17:27:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36083 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OElB0-0006Kp-AX for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 May 2010 11:27:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=38250 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OElAj-0006JM-3k for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 May 2010 11:27:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OElAh-0008Oq-FV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 May 2010 11:27:01 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:43448) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OElAf-0008OS-2X for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 May 2010 11:26:59 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OEl8o-0003nY-Au; Wed, 19 May 2010 11:25:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Dan Nicolaescu Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 15:25:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6184 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6184-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6184.127428269914593 (code B ref 6184); Wed, 19 May 2010 15:25:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6184) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 May 2010 15:24:59 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OEl8l-0003nI-2Y for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 19 May 2010 11:24:59 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OEl8j-0003nA-9x for 6184@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 19 May 2010 11:24:57 -0400 Original-Received: from dann by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OEl8e-0006sH-CE; Wed, 19 May 2010 11:24:52 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Glenn Morris's message of "Wed\, 19 May 2010 02\:10\:34 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 11:25:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:37048 Archived-At: Glenn Morris writes: > Dan Nicolaescu wrote: > >> prefix-args.c is only used when compiling with gcc to pass flags to >> the linker using the -Xlinker syntax. This is not necessary anymore, >> -Wl, can be used the same way, and the linker flags are generated in >> that format anyway. > > It looks like the -Wl option is about 18 years old, so FWIW I suggest > you go for it. > (Don't you still need something prefix-arg like to put > in the commas? I'm sure it doesn't require a C program though.) I would guess not, AFAICS linker flags are already in the -Wl format. If these flags are produced by configure, then configure can take care of putting them in the right format...