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Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 16:25:03 -0400
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mkfs.ubifs: UBI I/O Library
From: Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com>
To: Corentin Chary <corentin.chary@gmail.com>
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On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 15:41, Corentin Chary wrote:
> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:59, Corentin Chary wrote:
>>> I'll see what I can do to use libubi the way I want.
>>> The problem of using libubi in mkfs is not the includes (we can copy
>>> the headers in /include or add -I../ubi-utils/include).
>>
>> why do you need to copy any files ?
>>
>>> The main problem is that ubi-utils/Makefile make a libubi.a but
>>> mkfs.ubifs/Makefile have no way to use it
>>
>> what's wrong with adding -lubi and a -L path ?
>
> It'll work only if libubi is already built. You can fix that in the
> root Makefile, but
> - parallel builds may not work (make -j)

a simple dependency is easy

> - "cd mkfs.ubifs && make" won't work (using only the mkfs.ubifs Makefile)

if the .a file is added to the dependency list, then it's easy to have
a normal recursive target:
........./libubi.a:
    $(MAKE) -C $(dir $@)
-mike