From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 03:07:41 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/3] Makefile: generate Perl header from template file
Message-ID: <CAPig+cRPX9fHdco-g0GOUCwMr5Sh=hdBTAtUHyYSpKPherRd-Q@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20180319025046.58052-2-dnj@google.com>

On Sun, Mar 18, 2018 at 10:50 PM, Dan Jacques <dnj@google.com> wrote:
> Currently, the generated Perl script headers are emitted by commands in
> the Makefile. This mechanism restricts options to introduce alternative
> header content, needed by Perl runtime prefix support, and obscures the
> origin of the Perl script header.
>
> Change the Makefile to generate a header by processing a template file and
> move the header content into the "perl/" subdirectory. The processed
> generated will now be stored in the "GIT-PERL-HEADER" file. This allows

"processed generated"?

> the content of the Perl header to be controlled by changing the path of
> the template in the Makefile.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Jacques <dnj@google.com>