On Sun, 12 Apr 1998, Todd Vierling wrote:

> I'd like to add the following rules to <bsd.sys.mk> to make use of the host
> compiler in a relatively simple manner to compile the "generator programs" 
> used by some parts of the tree (tn3270, sh, and gcc/egcs in particular). 
> This will significantly help compilation of the native tree in a
> cross-compile environment.
> 
> .c.ho: same as .c.o using ${HOST_COMPILE.c}
> .l.ho: same as .l.o using ${LEX} and ${HOST_COMPILE.c}
> .y.ho: same as .y.o using ${YACC} and ${HOST_COMPILE.c}
> 
> Rules to build the "generator programs" should be manually built in the
> respective Makefiles, using ${HOST_LINK.c}.

Sounds great!

> All humor aside, the extension `.ho' may not be the best one to use for
> "host native object files."  If there are any better suggestions, please let
> me know.  Without objections, I'll commit the rules on Friday and add
> changes to egcs to make use of the rules as the first level of test. 

I'd vote for another name, if we could. I gather there's no prior art? 
Maybe "oh"? It's dorky too, but my first thought for "ho" was, "Oooo. It's
the red-light district compiler!" We might be in a no-win situation. :-)

Take care, and thanks for making these changes!

Bill