Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] mk: link combined lib using CC

[Sergio Gonzalez Monroy <sergio.gonzalez.monroy@intel.com>]

On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 04:33:18PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 2014-10-28 14:51, Sergio Gonzalez Monroy:
> > On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 11:45:28AM +0000, De Lara Guarch, Pablo wrote:
> > > > Building combined shared libs fails if we set EXTRA_CFLAGS=-O0.
> > > > 
> > > > /usr/bin/ld: test: hidden symbol `mknod' in
> > > > /usr/lib64/libc_nonshared.a(mknod.oS) is referenced by DSO
> > > > /usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value
> > > > collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> > > > 
> > > > Fix: link combined shared lib using CC if LINK_USING_CC is enabled.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Sergio Gonzalez Monroy <sergio.gonzalez.monroy@intel.com>
> > > 
> > > Plus, should we include compilation errors in commits? 
> > > They are quite useful to identify the problem that 
> > > the patch is solving, but not sure if this should be shown in the git log.
> > > 
> > I was wondering about it myself. I think it is useful info but maybe t is more
> > appropiate to have it as a comment or cover letter just on the mailing list.
> > I don't have a strong preference for including it, maybe someone else has an
> > opinion about this?
> 
> We are not limited in characters in the commit log. So every useful information
> (like error output) is more than welcome.
> The only thing which needs to be shorter than a twitter post, is the title.
> Because short and clear titles help to scroll commits.
> 
> That said, don't put things which have no interest at all. Here I'd put only this:
> 	ld: test: hidden symbol `mknod' in /usr/lib64/libc_nonshared.a(mknod.oS) is referenced by DSO
>
Thanks for the tips!

I'll send a v2 with changes.

Sergio

> -- 
> Thomas