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[PATCH] Document libtool variable to_host_file_cmd.
From: |
Charles Wilson |
Subject: |
[PATCH] Document libtool variable to_host_file_cmd. |
Date: |
Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:28:46 -0400 |
* doc/libtool.texi (libtool script contents:to_host_file_cmd): Document
variable.
(libtool script contents:to_tool_file_cmd): Prefer `build platform'
to `build system'; Ditto `host platform'.
---
As promised here:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool-patches/2010-09/msg00191.html
OK to push?
doc/libtool.texi | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/libtool.texi b/doc/libtool.texi
index a3555dc..0d3ff7f 100644
--- a/doc/libtool.texi
+++ b/doc/libtool.texi
@@ -6822,11 +6822,21 @@ Linker flag (passed through the C compiler) used to
generate thread-safe
libraries.
@end defvar
address@hidden to_host_file_cmd
+If the toolchain is not native to the build platform (e.g.@: if you are using
+MSYS to drive the scripting, but are using the MinGW native Windows compiler)
+this variable describes how to convert file names from the format used by the
+build platform to the format used by host platform. Normally set to
address@hidden, libtool will autodetect most cases in which
+other values should be used. On rare occasions, it may be necessary to
override
+the autodetected value (@pxref{Cygwin to MinGW Cross}).
address@hidden defvar
+
@defvar to_tool_file_cmd
-If the toolchain is not native to the build system (e.g.@: if you are using
+If the toolchain is not native to the build platform (e.g.@: if you are using
some Unix to drive the scripting together with a Windows toolchain running
in Wine) this variable describes how to convert file names from the format
-used by the build system to the format used by the toolchain. Normally set
+used by the build platform to the format used by the toolchain. Normally set
to @samp{func_convert_file_noop}.
@end defvar
--
1.7.1
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