[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #54182] .o files created by mkoctfile should be removed

[Rik]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54182>

                 Summary: .o files created by mkoctfile should be removed
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: rik5
            Submitted on: Mon 25 Jun 2018 10:56:37 AM PDT
                Category: Configuration and Build System
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Feature Request
                  Status: Confirmed
             Assigned to: jwe
         Originator Name: 
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

When running the test suite multiple .o object files are created at the
top-level directory during testing of the MEX interface.

The root cause is that 'mkoctfile --mex' generates not only the output .mex
file, but also the intermediate .o file.

This is not how the analogous gcc command works. 'gcc hello.c' produces only
'a.out'.  The intermediates are removed/suppressed.  If you want to only
perform compilation, but prevent the linker from running, you need to
specifically give the option '-c'.

Octave should change its interface to do something similar and only preserve
the object files when specifically requested.




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