Re: CFLAGS per source

[NightStrike]

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On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 10:49 AM, NightStrike <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> When using automake, I know how to set *FLAGS globally (ie,
> AM_*FLAGS), and per binary/lib (ie bin_PROGRAMS=foo ; foo_*FLAGS =
> ...)  However, those flag variables apply to every source file for a
> given primary.  What if I have multiple sources that are compiled
> differently?
>
> bin_PROGRAMS = a
> a_SOURCES = x.c y.c
>
> I want x.c compiled with -Option1 and y.c compiled with -Option2.
>
> Section 27.8 of the manual, "Per-Object Flags Emulation", describes a
> way to accomplish this using libraries, but is that really the ideal
> solution?  It seems like a very hacky solution compared to supporting
> some syntax for, say, x_c_CFLAGS variables (or something that works
> with sources used multiple times.. perhaps a_x_c_CFLAGS), as in my
> example above.  That would be much cleaner, I would think, compared to
> requiring the user to create and link against useless intermediate
> libraries.
>
> Can this be considered for automake 1.12?
>
> Also, has anyone verified that there really is no difference between
> adding additional .o's to the link and .a's containing those .o's?
> For instance, how does this interact with LTO (link time
> optimization)?