[cdt-dev] Linker must be the target Tool ?

["Rekha Deshmukh" <RekhaD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Enrico,

We also faced same problem as our target tool was not the linker but it
was the other tool which worked on linker output.
We have then extended the makefile generator for these two methods which
handle libs and external user objs and explicitly pointed them to the
linker tool. 
But this was a workaround we did and we too look forward for a proper
solution.

Regards,
Rekha Bhintade
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Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:51:02 +0200
From: Enrico Ehrich <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [cdt-dev] Linker must be the target Tool ?
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Hi,

I see you are busy with the RC3 release but I have something to ask,
sorry ;)

Actually I'm creating a little managed builder plugin for an ARM gcc to
use for an embedded system (Nintendo DS).
I don't want spent allot time on this, because I do this in my spare
time and simply want use and share it.
So I though I can use the usual gnu MBS which is included in the CDT. 
That was easier as I though so a made a
new plugin and inherited the buildDefinitions from
org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui and added my special options etc..

The problem I had was, that I need some additional build steps by
default as the predefined: cpp,cc,as,ld I need to convert the linked ELF
file to an absolute code file and then convert it to a special ROM file
with header and so on.
Therefor I added 2 more tools with options, input/outputTypes and set
the "targetTool" to the last tool and the extension to the final file
extension (e.g. *.nds) in the toolChain.

So it worked well but one thing is not working as I guessed:
The static link libraries (-l) and additional object files does not
appear in the autogenerated objects.mk file.
I analysed it and found that the makefile generator class search for
this special "libs" and "userObj" valueTypes in the "targetTool". But my
targetTool is not the linker!!
I don't want write my own MBS thats too much work. Now I made the
workaround that the libs are added as usual stringList to the command
line. The same with the other objects but I have to take care about the
order.
But I think thats not the right way.

I simply wanted to ask if this problem is known ? Or I missed something
and it works using some other tricks ?
It would be nice if this scenario will be supported in future releases
of CDT.

ciao
Enrico