I've encountered the need to install an object file.

Currently I'm using a simple (but dirty) hack to bsd.lib.mk, what I
would like is some advice on how something of similar function could
be implemented in the toolchain.

Here is what I'm doing currently, but how should it be done?

--- bsd.lib.mk  7 Dec 2003 12:56:45 -0000       1.242
+++ bsd.lib.mk  15 Dec 2003 14:35:30 -0000
@@ -326,6 +326,10 @@ FFLAGS+=   ${FOPTS}
        ${LD} -x -r ${.TARGET}.tmp -o ${.TARGET}
        rm -f ${.TARGET}.tmp

+.if defined(MOD)
+LIB=${MOD}
+.endif
+
 .if defined(LIB)
 .if (${MKPIC} == "no" || (defined(LDSTATIC) && ${LDSTATIC} != "") \
        || ${MKLINKLIB} != "no") && ${MKSTATICLIB} != "no"
@@ -385,16 +389,31 @@ SOBJS=

 realall: ${SRCS} ${ALLOBJS:O} ${_LIBS}

+.if defined(MOD)
+__archivebuild: .USE
+       ${_MKTARGET_BUILD}
+       rm -f ${.TARGET}
+       ${LD} -X -r ${OBJS} -o ${.TARGET}
+.else
 __archivebuild: .USE
        ${_MKTARGET_BUILD}
        rm -f ${.TARGET}
        ${AR} cq ${.TARGET} `NM=${NM} ${LORDER} ${.ALLSRC:M*o} |
${TSORT}`
        ${RANLIB} ${.TARGET}
+.endif

+.if defined(MOD)
+__archiveinstall: .USE
+       ${_MKTARGET_INSTALL}
+       ${INSTALL_FILE} -o ${LIBOWN} -g ${LIBGRP} -m ${LIBMODE} \
+           ${SYSPKGTAG} ${.ALLSRC} ${MOD}.o
+
+.else
 __archiveinstall: .USE
        ${_MKTARGET_INSTALL}
        ${INSTALL_FILE} -o ${LIBOWN} -g ${LIBGRP} -m ${LIBMODE} \
            ${UPDATE:D:U-a "${RANLIB} -t"} ${SYSPKGTAG} ${.ALLSRC}
${.TARGET}
+.endif

 __archivesymlinkpic: .USE
        ${_MKTARGET_INSTALL}



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Tyler R. Retzlaff <rtr@NetBSD.org> http://www.NetBSD.org