RE: Using the mkoctfile -W and -Wl options

[JohnD]

> 
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> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 14:38:44 +0100
> From: Richard Crozier <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Using the mkoctfile -W and -Wl options
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> Hello,
> 
> Could someone possibly provide an example of using the -W and -Wl
arguments
> for mkoctfile?
> 
> "
>       '-Wl,...'
>            Pass flags though the linker like "-Wl,-rpath=...".  The
>            quotes are needed since commas are interpreted as command
>            separators.
> 
>       '-W...'
>            Pass flags though the compiler like "-Wa,OPTION".
> 
> "
> 
> For example, I tried building the provided helloworld example from the
octave
> manual and passing the -v parameter like so:
> 
>  >> mkoctfile helloworld.c "-Wv"
> gcc: error: unrecognized command line option ?-Wv?
> warning: mkoctfile exited with failure status
> warning: called from
>      mkoctfile at line 171 column 5
>  >> mkoctfile helloworld.c "-W,-v"
> gcc: error: unrecognized command line option ?-W,-v?
> warning: mkoctfile exited with failure status
> warning: called from
>      mkoctfile at line 171 column 5
>  >> mkoctfile helloworld.c -Wv
> gcc: error: unrecognized command line option ?-Wv?
> warning: mkoctfile exited with failure status
> warning: called from
>      mkoctfile at line 171 column 5
> 
> 
> obviously in reality I want to do more than pass this parameter, can
someone
> explain the right way to do these please, or point me to a more detailed
> resource on this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Richard
> 

The resource would be the documentation for gcc - you are passing gcc -W
commands to gcc at that point.