[cdt-dev] Managedbuilder: Additional inputs (LIBS) for archiver?

[Raphael Zulliger <zulliger@xxxxxxxx>]

I noticed that the GNU archiver (cdt.managedbuild.tool.gnu.archiver) 
uses $(LIBS) as additional inputs:

<tool
            natureFilter="both"
            ...
            id="cdt.managedbuild.tool.gnu.archiver">
            ...
<inputType
            ...
<additionalInput
                paths="$(LIBS)"
                kind="additionalinput">
</additionalInput>


Does this make sense? The ar manpage documents the -l option like this:

l   This modifier is accepted but not used.

Unfortunately it may cause troubles when the libraries passed to ar 
cannot be found.

I suggest to remove that additional input. May I file a bug or did I 
miss something?

(You may ask why $(LIBS) is not empty when ar is run... I'm using my own 
toolchain that defines a secondary output of type archive that contains 
all object files of a project. This allows a (sub)project to be run 
standalone and to be used by a parent project without the need of having 
two projects). Also note that one can easily get arond that problem by 
"overriding" the <inputType> of the archiver in may toolchain definition)

Raphael