Re: [Firebird-devel] fb2 - gbak assert messages

[John B. <bel...@cs...>]

Mike,

On Sunday, July 15, 2001, at 10:40 AM, Mike Nordell wrote:

> Mark O'Donohue wrote:
>> You need to look at the 4ton of code like this in sfx.jrd just about
>> every module is built for the shared library like this.  Yes the code
>> all comes from fb1.
>
> This is one thing I've been thinking about: where does the "sfx" come 
> from.
> The only definition of sfx I've known of previously is SelF eXtracting 
> and
> that sure doesn't fit.

sfx == suffix.  The platform specific makefiles are created by appending 
the prefix.<platform> file with the sfx.<system> file, where <system> is 
jrd, dsql, isql, gpre, qli ....

>
>> sdl.bin:    sdl.cpp
>>     $(CP) $< sdlfoo.cpp
>>     $(CXX) -c $(PIC_FLAGS) $(CXX_INCLUDE_DIRS) $(VERSION_FLAG) 
>> sdlfoo.cpp
>>     $(MV) sdlfoo.o sdl.bin
>>     -$(RM) sdlfoo.cpp sdlfoo.o
>
> I probably miss something obvious, but why not simply
> sdl.bin:    sdl.cpp
>     $(CXX) -c [...flags...] -o $@ $<
>
> Not that I see the merit of renaming object files to ".bin" in the first
> place, but there surely must be a reason.

The .bin files are compiled with different flags than the .o files.  The 
.bin files are suitable for use in a shared library, while the .o files 
may not be (depends on the platform).

> [........]

-John