> The idea of setting up general "toolchains" in the native build was good, but > it turned out that we really only need a single toolchain, with a single > twist: if it should use CC or CPP to link. This is better described by a > specific argument to SetupNativeCompilation, LANG := C++ or LANG := C (the > default). > > There is a single exception to this rule, and that is if we want to compile > for the build platform rather than the target platform. (This is only done > for adlc) To keep expressing this difference, introduce TARGET_TYPE := BUILD > (or TARGET_TYPE := TARGET, the default). > > The final odd-case was the hack for building hsdis/bin on mingw. This can be > resolved using direct variables to SetupNativeCompilation, instead of first > creating a toolchain. > > Doing this refactoring will simplify the SetupNativeCompilation code, and > make it much clearer if we use the C or C++ linker.
Magnus Ihse Bursie has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains five commits: - Merge branch 'master' into remove-toolchain-define - Rename LANG to LINK_TYPE - Reword "lib" comment to fit in better - Merge branch 'master' into remove-toolchain-define - 8326583: Remove over-generalized DefineNativeToolchain solution ------------- Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17986/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=17986&range=03 Stats: 231 lines in 14 files changed: 58 ins; 142 del; 31 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17986.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/17986/head:pull/17986 PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17986
