Short:        Generates full libauto.a from OS4 SDK interfaces
Uploader:     mr.faybs@gmail.com (Fabian Nunez)
Author:       mr.faybs@gmail.com (Fabian Nunez)
Requires:     AmigaOS4
Type:         dev/misc
Version:      1.0
Architecture: ppc-amigaos >= 4.0.0

For some reason, the automatic library opening code in the AmigaOS4 SDK,
libauto.a, only includes code to automatically initialize and open a subset of
all the standard libraries that come with the system.  This makes it annoying
to
use some libraries (like layers.library) because you need to manage them
yourself (open and close, obtain and release the main interface).

MkLibAuto is a small script that will scan all the interface definition XML
files in the AmigaOS4 SDK and generate a full libauto.a from them.  It needs
the
full SDK to be installed, and will call idltool, the compiler and archiver to
generate a full autoinit library.  It takes either one or two arguments: the
first one is mandatory, and is the output filename.  The second, optional one
is
the switch NEWLIB.  If you pass this, a newlib-compatible library will be
generated (the default is clib2).

Note that this script and the autoinit library it generates have been tested
only with gcc 3.4; other compilers and versions may or may not work.

The recommended use is as follows (assuming you extracted mklibauto to RAM:)

4> sdk:gcc/ppc-amigaos/clib2/lib/
4> rename libauto.a libauto.a.old
4> RAM:mklibauto libauto.a
4> sdk:gcc/ppc-amigaos/newlib/lib/
4> rename libauto.a libauto.a.old
4> RAM:mklibauto libauto.a NEWLIB

 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO     CRC       STAMP          NAME
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[generic]                  458     970  47.2% -lh5- 74c0 Mar 28  2005 mklibauto
[generic]                  765    1558  49.1% -lh5- 7258 Mar 28  2005 mklibauto.readme
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 Total         2 files    1223    2528  48.4%            Mar 29  2005