[BusyBox] Compiling dpkg-deb

[Glenn McGrath]

Erik Andersen wrote:

>>If i just declared it in libbb.h then it was ugly as it generated 
>>warnings for every applet that it wasnt used in.
>>
>
>extern off_t archive_offset;
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>>Is there a better way to approach this ?
>>
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>Check out what I just checked in.  This bit of makefile magic
>is producing one .o file per function.
>
hmm, you should have put emphasis on the *magic*...

Actually i think i see it now, the "-DL_$(patsubst libbb/%,%,$*)" 
compiler option is what i previously didnt understand, that is whats 
allowign you to define out the unwanted bits for each function.

Cool


Glenn