> On May 29, 2020, at 7:02 AM, Leif Lindholm <l...@nuviainc.com> wrote:
>
> The description of [Packages] sections stated that
> "Packages must be listed in the order that may be required for specifying
> include path statements for a compiler. For example, the
> MdePkg/MdePkg.dec file must be listed before the
> MdeModulePkg/MdeModulePkg.dec file."
>
> Drop it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Leif Lindholm <l...@nuviainc.com>
> ---
>
> Surely this isn't something we take seriously?
> If there is a measurable performance impact to the order of -I option
> on the compiler command line, we should approach this programmatically.
>
I think the intent of this was to deal with duplicates include file names, and
it was not really about build performance.
Thanks,
Andrew Fish
> 3_edk_ii_inf_file_format/37_[packages]_sections.md | 7 ++-----
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/3_edk_ii_inf_file_format/37_[packages]_sections.md
> b/3_edk_ii_inf_file_format/37_[packages]_sections.md
> index 17a8d91..c09112b 100644
> --- a/3_edk_ii_inf_file_format/37_[packages]_sections.md
> +++ b/3_edk_ii_inf_file_format/37_[packages]_sections.md
> @@ -42,11 +42,8 @@ Defines the `[Packages]` section tag that is used in EDK
> II module INF files.
> Each entry in this section contains a directory name, forward slash character
> and the name of the DEC file contained in the directory name.
>
> -Packages must be listed in the order that may be required for specifying
> -include path statements for a compiler. For example, the _MdePkg/MdePkg.dec_
> -file must be listed before the `MdeModulePkg/MdeModulePkg.dec` file. If there
> -are PCDs listed in the generated "As Built" INF, the packages that declare
> any
> -PCDs must be listed in this section.
> +If there are PCDs listed in the generated "As Built" INF, the packages that
> +declare any PCDs must be listed in this section.
>
> Each package filename must be listed only once per section. Package filenames
> listed in architectural sections are not permitted to be listed in the common
> --
> 2.20.1
>
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