From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 27 21:02:43 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86D9B3C7 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:02:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from mail-yh0-x231.google.com (mail-yh0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c01::231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2ECF5F26 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:02:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yh0-f49.google.com with SMTP id m1so156688yhg.8 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:02:42 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:sender:subject:mime-version:content-type:from :in-reply-to:date:cc:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references :to:x-mailer:x-gm-message-state; bh=iKMJUZKzy9wMJpnxi1EWzdqmrjyLPe7xSOt6e6KDR9Q=; b=RdxNULCVnHo1tQGs+DRYlMg+7Nc8q3xscIVKi7ANUTUxrwz/GTegpejUzZ74vcbbGi CshmS/XkZkPEG/lRy7KEwf19BFsgx7wcVI7M1asoj4x+IeKI/XsYosGt6NR0wDLqHJUQ wE7TD5qpbiqRgawhyKOtYXua2VQ3M3Ibj9m1nA8NpVxp+gq2b9AynwGxOwiMEzn4yNAd Hw/fbK4H5p1laB9qjHybEurMpXP04H5QQ9OhL11IiWYhF0RkW8A2qTvZhNR8F7zY9zyg Thm+Uz9VWZ2/VLAL72fvCycnpC7bidEXlbFH8oZncVEXB7D3mNyo1JBMy5/QYo4Il4W7 /8lw== X-Received: by 10.236.155.165 with SMTP id j25mr2752346yhk.177.1361998962720; Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:02:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from monkey-bot.int.fusionio.com ([209.117.142.2]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id x16sm9613389yhj.6.2013.02.27.13.02.40 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:02:41 -0800 (PST) Sender: Warner Losh Subject: Re: [RFC] external compiler support Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Warner Losh In-Reply-To: <20130227193244.9330358096@chaos.jnpr.net> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:02:40 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <20130227003517.GB7348@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <28404C12-67F3-44F0-AB28-02B749472873@bsdimp.com> <51BB3E17-128A-4989-B272-D8B40D4B854B@bsdimp.com> <20130227175006.A604A58096@chaos.jnpr.net> <20130227193244.9330358096@chaos.jnpr.net> To: "Simon J. Gerraty" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlv19MxDXqNc/Wsnf4B4Z1ZBB1558X3ftgTMIpcBs1HJW8bvhY1vRQ2BHn1ref2UDwI1y7W Cc: Brooks Davis , freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:02:43 -0000 On Feb 27, 2013, at 12:32 PM, Simon J. Gerraty wrote: >=20 > On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:37:05 -0700, Warner Losh writes: >>> CC?=3D3D ${BUILD_TOOL_PREFIX}/${CROSS_TARGET_PREFIX}gcc >>> =3D20 >>> since these aren't variables that anyone needs to manipulate = regularly >>> a little verbosity doesn't hurt. >>=20 >> That stray / will kill you :) >=20 > Sure, but we only ever use external toolchains. > The setup would of necessity be different in freebsd. > My point was a more verbose variable name would be a good idea. I'm cool with that, so long as we put __ in front of the name, which was = my point :) Warner