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Diffstat (limited to 'nuttx/tools')
| -rw-r--r-- | nuttx/tools/README.txt | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | nuttx/tools/mkdeps.c | 3 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/nuttx/tools/README.txt b/nuttx/tools/README.txt index 28fa664bd..3c9730d00 100644 --- a/nuttx/tools/README.txt +++ b/nuttx/tools/README.txt @@ -290,11 +290,17 @@ mknulldeps.sh The mknulldeps.sh is a stub script that does essentially nothing. - NOTE: The mkdep.* files are undergoing change. mkdeps.sh is a bash + NOTE: The mk*deps.* files are undergoing change. mkdeps.sh is a bash script that produces dependencies well for POSIX style hosts (e..g., Linux and Cygwin). It does not work well for mixed environments with a Windows toolchain running in a POSIX style environemnt (hence, the - mknulldeps.sh script). + mknulldeps.sh script). And, of course, cannot be used in a Windows + nativ environment. + + [mkdeps.sh does have an option, --winpath, that purports to convert + the dependencies generated by a Windows toolchain to POSIX format. + However, that is not being used and mostly likely does not cover + all of the conversion cases.] mkdeps.bat is a simple port of the bash script to run in a Windows command shell. However, it does not work well either because some @@ -302,8 +308,13 @@ mknulldeps.sh by the CMD.exe shell. mkdeps.c generates mkdeps (on Linux) or mkdeps.exe (on Windows). - This C version should solve all of the issues. However, this verison - is still under-development. + However, this verison is still under-development. It works well in + the all POSIX environment or in the all Windows environment but also + does not work well in mixed POSIX environment with a Windows toolchain. + In that case, there are still issues with the conversion of things like + 'c:\Program Files' to 'c:program files' by bash. Those issues may, + eventually be solvable but for now continue to use mknulldeps.sh in + that mixed environment. define.sh diff --git a/nuttx/tools/mkdeps.c b/nuttx/tools/mkdeps.c index 7850cee73..f2a196387 100644 --- a/nuttx/tools/mkdeps.c +++ b/nuttx/tools/mkdeps.c @@ -396,7 +396,8 @@ static void do_dependency(const char *file, char separator) ret = system(command); if (ret != 0) { - fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: ssystem(%s) failed\n", command); + fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: system failed: %s\n", strerror(errno)); + fprintf(stderr, " command: %s\n", command); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } |