- fixes parallel builds (make -j)

- use less resources for the buildsystem itself
author: Bernhard Reutner-Fischer <rep.dot.nop@gmail.com> 2006-03-01 22:54:48 +0000
committer: Bernhard Reutner-Fischer <rep.dot.nop@gmail.com> 2006-03-01 22:54:48 +0000
commit: 5d26126b9e8fd6c6f5098dbaa2e5b9e2901749bf (patch)
tree: 233c051da862595b6e473e832051708e2d9803cb
parent: 12c2429a4242a157217c5bc9673a531fa1e1de61 (diff)
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28 files changed, 796 insertions, 840 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index c7165dec2..d5e9ae343 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ also configure a standaone install capability into the busybox base applet,
 and then install such links at runtime with one of "busybox --install" (for
 hardlinks) or "busybox --install -s" (for symlinks).
+If you built busybox as shared object which uses libbusybox.so and have not
+yet installed the binary but want to run tests, then set your LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+accordingly before running the executable:
+  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`
+  ./busybox
 Building out-of-tree:
 =====================
@@ -80,8 +87,13 @@ Building from a read-only source tree, or to building multiple
 configurations from the same source directory, requires the ability to
 put the temporary files somewhere else.
-To build out of tree, use the O=$BUILDPATH option during the configuration
+To build out of tree, cd to the empty directory and do this instead:
-step, as in:
+  make -f /path/to/source/Makefile allyesconfig
+  make
+  make install
+Alternately, use the O=$BUILDPATH option during the configuration step, as in:
  make O=/some/empty/directory allyesconfig
  cd /some/empty/directory
@@ -90,11 +102,6 @@ step, as in:
 (Note, O= requires an absolute path.)
-Alternately, cd to the empty directory and do this instead:
-  make top_srcdir=/path/to/source -f /path/to/source/Makefile allyesconfig
-  make
-  make install
 More Information:
 =================
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 39a45c588..95a948fe6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,16 +10,15 @@
 #--------------------------------------------------------------
 noconfig_targets := menuconfig config oldconfig randconfig \
        defconfig allyesconfig allnoconfig allbareconfig \
-        clean distclean \
        release tags
 # the toplevel sourcedir
 ifndef top_srcdir
-top_srcdir=$(CURDIR)
+top_srcdir:=$(shell cd $(dir $(firstword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))) && pwd)
 endif
 # toplevel directory of the object-tree
 ifndef top_builddir
-top_builddir=$(CURDIR)
+top_builddir:=$(CURDIR)
 endif
 export srctree=$(top_srcdir)
@@ -34,79 +33,102 @@ SRC_DIRS:=$(patsubst %,$(top_srcdir)/%,$(DIRS))
 # That's our default target when none is given on the command line
 .PHONY: _all
-_all:
-CONFIG_CONFIG_IN = $(top_srcdir)/Config.in
+_all: all
-ifeq ($(KBUILD_SRC),)
+# see if we are in verbose mode
+ifdef VERBOSE
+  CHECK_VERBOSE := -v
+  PACKAGE_BE_VERBOSE := $(VERBOSE)
+endif
+ifdef V
+  CHECK_VERBOSE := -v
+  PACKAGE_BE_VERBOSE := $(V)
+endif
 ifdef O
  ifeq ("$(origin O)", "command line")
-    KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(O)
+    PACKAGE_OUTPUTDIR := $(shell cd $(O) && pwd)
-    top_builddir := $(O)
+    top_builddir := $(PACKAGE_OUTPUTDIR)
  endif
 else
 # If no alternate output-dir was specified, we build in cwd
-# We are using KBUILD_OUTPUT nevertheless to make sure that we create
+  PACKAGE_OUTPUTDIR := $(top_builddir)
-# Rules.mak and the toplevel Makefile, in case they don't exist.
-  KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(top_builddir)
 endif
-ifneq ($(strip $(HAVE_DOT_CONFIG)),y)
+#######################################################################
-# pull in OS specific commands like cp, mkdir, etc. early
+# Try to workaround bugs in make
+# Workaround for bugs in make-3.80
+# eval is broken if it is in a conditional
+#$ cat 3.80-eval-in-cond.mak 
+#all:: ; @echo it
+#define Y
+#  all:: ; @echo worked
+#endef
+#ifdef BAR
+#$(eval $(Y))
+#endif
+#$ make -f 3.80-eval-in-cond.mak
+#it
+#$ make -f 3.80-eval-in-cond.mak BAR=set
+#3.80-eval-in-cond.mak:5: *** missing `endif'.  Stop.
+# This was fixed in December 2003.
+define check_gcc
+$(eval $(1)+=$(if $(2),$(if $(shell $(CC) $(2) -S -o /dev/null -xc /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo y),$(2),$(if $(3),$(3))),$(if $(3),$(3))))
+endef
+define check_ld
+$(eval $(1)+=$(if $(2),$(if $(shell $(LD) $(2) -o /dev/null -b binary /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo y),$(shell echo \-Wl,$(2)),$(if $(3),$(3))),$(if $(3),$(3))))
+endef
+#######################################################################
 -include $(top_srcdir)/Rules.mak
-endif
-# All object directories.
+# Handle building out of tree
-OBJ_DIRS := $(DIRS)
+ifneq ($(top_builddir),$(top_srcdir))
-all_tree := $(patsubst %,$(top_builddir)/%,$(OBJ_DIRS) scripts scripts/config include)
+all_tree := $(patsubst %,$(top_builddir)/%,$(DIRS) scripts scripts/config include include/config)
-all_tree: $(all_tree)
 $(all_tree):
        @mkdir -p "$@"
-ifneq ($(KBUILD_OUTPUT),)
+saved-output := $(PACKAGE_OUTPUTDIR)
-# Invoke a second make in the output directory, passing relevant variables
-# Check that the output directory actually exists
+$(if $(wildcard $(PACKAGE_OUTPUTDIR)),, \
-saved-output := $(KBUILD_OUTPUT)
-KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(shell cd $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) && /bin/pwd)
-$(if $(wildcard $(KBUILD_OUTPUT)),, \
     $(error output directory "$(saved-output)" does not exist))
 .PHONY: $(MAKECMDGOALS)
-$(filter-out _all,$(MAKECMDGOALS)) _all: $(KBUILD_OUTPUT)/Rules.mak $(KBUILD_OUTPUT)/Makefile all_tree
+$(PACKAGE_OUTPUTDIR)/Rules.mak:
-        $(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) \
-        top_srcdir=$(top_srcdir) \
-        top_builddir=$(top_builddir) \
-        KBUILD_SRC=$(top_srcdir) \
-        -f $(CURDIR)/Makefile $@
-$(KBUILD_OUTPUT)/Rules.mak:
        @echo > $@
        @echo top_srcdir=$(top_srcdir) >> $@
-        @echo top_builddir=$(KBUILD_OUTPUT) >> $@
+        @echo top_builddir=$(PACKAGE_OUTPUTDIR) >> $@
-        @echo include $(top_srcdir)/Rules.mak >> $@
+        @echo include $$\(top_srcdir\)/Rules.mak >> $@
-$(KBUILD_OUTPUT)/Makefile:
+$(PACKAGE_OUTPUTDIR)/Makefile:
        @echo > $@
        @echo top_srcdir=$(top_srcdir) >> $@
-        @echo top_builddir=$(KBUILD_OUTPUT) >> $@
+        @echo top_builddir=$(PACKAGE_OUTPUTDIR) >> $@
-        @echo KBUILD_SRC='$$(top_srcdir)' >> $@
+        @echo PACKAGE_SOURCEDIR='$$(top_srcdir)' >> $@
-        @echo include '$$(KBUILD_SRC)'/Makefile >> $@
+        @echo include '$$(PACKAGE_SOURCEDIR)'/Makefile >> $@
-# Leave processing to above invocation of make
-skip-makefile := 1
-endif # ifneq ($(KBUILD_OUTPUT),)
-endif # ifeq ($(KBUILD_SRC),)
-ifeq ($(skip-makefile),)
+buildtree := $(all_tree) $(PACKAGE_OUTPUTDIR)/Rules.mak $(PACKAGE_OUTPUTDIR)/Makefile
 # We only need a copy of the Makefile for the config targets and reuse
 # the rest from the source directory, i.e. we do not cp ALL_MAKEFILES.
-scripts/config/Makefile: $(top_srcdir)/scripts/config/Makefile
+scripts/config/Makefile: $(top_srcdir)/scripts/config/Makefile | $(buildtree)
-        cp $< $@
+        @cp $(top_srcdir)/scripts/config/Makefile $@
-_all: all
+else
+all_tree := include/config
+$(all_tree):
+        @mkdir -p "$@"
+buildtree := $(all_tree)
+endif # ifneq ($(PACKAGE_OUTPUTDIR),$(top_srcdir))
 help:
        @echo 'Cleaning:'
@@ -137,37 +159,42 @@ help:
        @echo '  release                - create a distribution tarball'
        @echo '  sizes                  - show size of all enabled busybox symbols'
        @echo
+        @echo 'Make flags:'
+        @echo '  V=<number>             - print verbose make output (default: unset)'
-include $(top_srcdir)/Rules.mak
+        @echo '                           0 print CC invocations'
+        @echo '                           1'
+        @echo '                           2 also print when make enters a directory'
+        @echo '                           3 also verbosely print shell invocations'
 ifneq ($(strip $(HAVE_DOT_CONFIG)),y)
 # Default target if none was requested explicitly
-all: defconfig menuconfig
+all: defconfig menuconfig ;
+ifneq ($(filter-out $(noconfig_targets),$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
 # warn if no configuration exists and we are asked to build a non-config target
 .config:
        @echo ""
        @echo "No $(top_builddir)/$@ found!"
-        @echo "Please refer to 'make  help', section Configuration."
+        @echo "Please refer to 'make help', section Configuration."
        @echo ""
        @exit 1
+else
+# Avoid implicit rule to kick in by using an empty command
+.config: $(buildtree) ;
+endif
+endif # ifneq ($(strip $(HAVE_DOT_CONFIG)),y)
 # configuration
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+CONFIG_CONFIG_IN = $(top_srcdir)/Config.in
 scripts/config/conf: scripts/config/Makefile
        $(Q)$(MAKE) -C scripts/config conf
-        -@if [ ! -f .config ] ; then \
-                touch .config; \
-        fi
 scripts/config/mconf: scripts/config/Makefile
        $(Q)$(MAKE) -C scripts/config ncurses conf mconf
-        -@if [ ! -f .config ] ; then \
-                touch .config; \
-        fi
 menuconfig: scripts/config/mconf
        @./scripts/config/mconf $(CONFIG_CONFIG_IN)
@@ -183,7 +210,7 @@ randconfig: scripts/config/conf
 allyesconfig: scripts/config/conf
        @./scripts/config/conf -y $(CONFIG_CONFIG_IN)
-        sed -i -r -e "s/^(USING_CROSS_COMPILER)=.*/# \1 is not set/" .config
+        @$(SED) -i -r -e "s/^(USING_CROSS_COMPILER)=.*/# \1 is not set/" .config
        @./scripts/config/conf -o $(CONFIG_CONFIG_IN)
 allnoconfig: scripts/config/conf
@@ -195,33 +222,68 @@ allnoconfig: scripts/config/conf
 defconfig: scripts/config/conf
        @./scripts/config/conf -y $(CONFIG_CONFIG_IN)
-        sed -i -r -e "s/^(USING_CROSS_COMPILER|CONFIG_(DEBUG.*|STATIC|SELINUX|BUILD_(AT_ONCE|LIBBUSYBOX)|FEATURE_(DEVFS|FULL_LIBBUSYBOX|SHARED_BUSYBOX|MTAB_SUPPORT|CLEAN_UP|UDHCP_DEBUG)|INSTALL_NO_USR))=.*/# \1 is not set/" .config
+        @$(SED) -i -r -e "s/^(USING_CROSS_COMPILER|CONFIG_(DEBUG.*|STATIC|SELINUX|BUILD_(AT_ONCE|LIBBUSYBOX)|FEATURE_(DEVFS|FULL_LIBBUSYBOX|SHARED_BUSYBOX|MTAB_SUPPORT|CLEAN_UP|UDHCP_DEBUG)|INSTALL_NO_USR))=.*/# \1 is not set/" .config
        @./scripts/config/conf -o $(CONFIG_CONFIG_IN)
 allbareconfig: scripts/config/conf
        @./scripts/config/conf -y $(CONFIG_CONFIG_IN)
-        @sed -i -r -e "s/^(USING_CROSS_COMPILER|CONFIG_(DEBUG|STATIC|SELINUX|DEVFSD|NC_GAPING_SECURITY_HOLE|BUILD_AT_ONCE)).*/# \1 is not set/" .config
+        @$(SED) -i -r -e "s/^(USING_CROSS_COMPILER|CONFIG_(DEBUG|STATIC|SELINUX|DEVFSD|NC_GAPING_SECURITY_HOLE|BUILD_AT_ONCE)).*/# \1 is not set/" .config
-        @sed -i -e "/FEATURE/s/=.*//;/^[^#]/s/.*FEATURE.*/# \0 is not set/;" .config
+        @$(SED) -i -e "/FEATURE/s/=.*//;/^[^#]/s/.*FEATURE.*/# \0 is not set/;" .config
        @echo "CONFIG_FEATURE_BUFFERS_GO_ON_STACK=y" >> .config
        @./scripts/config/conf -o $(CONFIG_CONFIG_IN)
-else # ifneq ($(strip $(HAVE_DOT_CONFIG)),y)
+ifeq ($(strip $(HAVE_DOT_CONFIG)),y)
-all: busybox busybox.links doc
-# In this section, we need .config
+# Load all Config.in
 -include $(top_builddir)/.config.cmd
-include $(patsubst %,%/Makefile.in, $(SRC_DIRS))
-endif # ifneq ($(strip $(HAVE_DOT_CONFIG)),y)
+endif # ifeq ($(strip $(HAVE_DOT_CONFIG)),y)
+# convert $(DIRS) to upper case. Use sed instead of tr since we're already
+# depending on it.
+DIRS_UPPER:=$(shell echo $(DIRS) | $(SED) 'h;y/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz/ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ/')
+# First populate the variables ..._OBJ-y ...OBJ-m et al
+$(foreach d,$(DIRS_UPPER),$(eval $(notdir $(d))-y:=))
+$(foreach d,$(DIRS_UPPER),$(eval $(notdir $(d))-m:=))
+include $(patsubst %,%/Makefile.in,$(SRC_DIRS))
-include $(top_builddir)/.config
+# Then we need the dependencies for ..._OBJ
+define dir_pattern.o
+ifeq ($(os),.os)
+# write patterns for both .os and .o
+$(if $($(1)_OBJ.os),$($(1)_OBJ.os:.os=.o): $(top_builddir)/$(2)/%.o: $(top_srcdir)/$(2)/%.c)
+endif
+$(if $($(1)_OBJ$(os)),$($(1)_OBJ$(os)): $(top_builddir)/$(2)/%$(os): $(top_srcdir)/$(2)/%.c)
+$(if $($(1)_OBJ),$($(1)_OBJ): $(top_builddir)/$(2)/%.o: $(top_srcdir)/$(2)/%.c)
+lib-obj-y+=$($(1)_OBJ) $($(1)_OBJ.o) $($(1)_OBJ.os)
+lib-mobj-y+=$($(1)_MOBJ.o) $($(1)_MOBJ.os)
+bin-obj-y+=$($(1)_OBJ:.os=.o) $($(1)_OBJ.o:.os=.o) $($(1)_OBJ.os:.os=.o)
+bin-mobj-y+=$($(1)_MOBJ.o:.osm=.om) $($(1)_MOBJ.os:.osm=.om)
+endef
+# The actual directory patterns for .o*
+$(foreach d,$(DIRS),$(eval $(call dir_pattern.o,$(subst /,_,$(d)),$(d))))
+ifeq ($(strip $(HAVE_DOT_CONFIG)),y)
+# Finally pull in the dependencies (headers and other includes) of the
+# individual object files
 -include $(top_builddir)/.depend
+# Everything is set.
+all: busybox busybox.links doc ;
+# Two modes of operation: legacy and IMA
+# Legacy mode builds each object through an individual invocation of CC
+# IMA compiles all sources at once (aka IPO aka IPA etc.)
 ifeq ($(strip $(CONFIG_BUILD_AT_ONCE)),y)
-libraries-y:=
+# We are not building .o
+bin-obj-y:=
+bin-mobj-y:=
 # Which parts of the internal libs are requested?
 # Per default we only want what was actually selected.
 # -a denotes all while -y denotes the selected ones.
@@ -237,19 +299,26 @@ APPLETS_DEFINE:=$(APPLETS_DEFINE-y)
 else  # CONFIG_BUILD_AT_ONCE
 # no --combine, build archives out of the individual .o
 # This was the old way the binary was built.
-libbusybox-obj:=archival/libunarchive/libunarchive.a \
+libbusybox-obj:=$(archival_libunarchive_OBJ$(os)) \
-        networking/libiproute/libiproute.a \
+        $(networking_libiproute_OBJ$(os)) \
-        libpwdgrp/libpwdgrp.a \
+        $(libpwdgrp_MOBJ$(os)) \
-        coreutils/libcoreutils/libcoreutils.a \
+        $(coreutils_libcoreutils_OBJ$(os)) \
-        libbb/libbb.a
+        $(libbb_OBJ$(os)) $(libbb_MOBJ$(os))
-libbusybox-obj:=$(patsubst %,$(top_builddir)/%,$(libbusybox-obj))
 ifeq ($(strip $(CONFIG_FEATURE_SHARED_BUSYBOX)),y)
-# linking against libbusybox, so don't build the .a already contained in the .so
+# linking against libbusybox, so don't build the .o already contained in the .so
-libraries-y:=$(filter-out $(libbusybox-obj),$(libraries-y))
+bin-obj-y:=$(filter-out $(libbusybox-obj) $(libbusybox-obj:.os=.o),$(bin-obj-y))
+bin-mobj-y:=$(filter-out $(libbusybox-obj) $(libbusybox-obj:.osm=.om),$(bin-mobj-y))
 endif # CONFIG_FEATURE_SHARED_BUSYBOX
 endif # CONFIG_BUILD_AT_ONCE
+# build an .a to keep .hash et al small
+$(if $(bin-obj-y)$(bin-mobj-y),$(eval applets.a:=$(bin-obj-y) $(bin-mobj-y)))
+ifdef applets.a
+applets.a: $(applets.a)
+        $(do_ar)
+bin-obj.a=applets.a
+endif
 ifeq ($(strip $(CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX)),y)
 LD_LIBBUSYBOX:=libbusybox.so
@@ -258,9 +327,11 @@ DO_INSTALL_LIBS:=$(LD_LIBBUSYBOX) \
        $(LD_LIBBUSYBOX).$(MAJOR_VERSION) \
        $(LD_LIBBUSYBOX).$(MAJOR_VERSION).$(MINOR_VERSION)
+endif # CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX
 ifeq ($(strip $(CONFIG_BUILD_AT_ONCE)),y)
 ifneq ($(strip $(CONFIG_FEATURE_SHARED_BUSYBOX)),y)
-# --combine but not linking against libbusybox, so compile all
+# --combine but not linking against libbusybox, so compile lib*.c
 BUSYBOX_SRC   := $(LIBRARY_SRC)
 BUSYBOX_DEFINE:= $(LIBRARY_DEFINE)
 endif # !CONFIG_FEATURE_SHARED_BUSYBOX
@@ -268,7 +339,7 @@ $(LIBBUSYBOX_SONAME): $(LIBRARY_SRC)
 else # CONFIG_BUILD_AT_ONCE
 $(LIBBUSYBOX_SONAME): $(libbusybox-obj)
 endif # CONFIG_BUILD_AT_ONCE
-endif # CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX
 ifeq ($(strip $(CONFIG_FEATURE_SHARED_BUSYBOX)),y)
 LDBUSYBOX:=-L$(top_builddir) -lbusybox
@@ -279,24 +350,27 @@ $(LIBBUSYBOX_SONAME):
 ifndef MAJOR_VERSION
        $(error MAJOR_VERSION needed for $@ is not defined)
 endif
-        $(do_link) $(LIB_CFLAGS) $(LIB_LDFLAGS) \
+        $(do_link) $(LIB_CFLAGS) $(LIB_LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_COMBINE) \
        -Wl,-soname=$(LD_LIBBUSYBOX).$(MAJOR_VERSION) \
        -Wl,-z,combreloc $(LIB_LDFLAGS) \
        -o $(@) \
-        -Wl,--start-group -Wl,--whole-archive \
+        -Wl,--start-group \
        $(LIBRARY_DEFINE) $(^) \
-        -Wl,--no-whole-archive -Wl,--end-group
+        -Wl,--end-group
-        $(RM_F) $(DO_INSTALL_LIBS)
+        @rm -f $(DO_INSTALL_LIBS)
-        for i in $(DO_INSTALL_LIBS); do $(LN_S) -v $(@) $$i ; done
+        @for i in $(DO_INSTALL_LIBS); do ln -s $(@) $$i ; done
        $(do_strip)
 endif # ifeq ($(strip $(CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX)),y)
-busybox: .depend $(LIBBUSYBOX_SONAME) $(BUSYBOX_SRC) $(libraries-y)
+busybox: $(top_builddir)/.depend $(LIBBUSYBOX_SONAME) $(BUSYBOX_SRC) $(APPLET_SRC) $(bin-obj.a)
-        $(do_link) $(PROG_CFLAGS) \
+        $(do_link) $(PROG_CFLAGS) $(PROG_LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_COMBINE) \
-        -o $@ -Wl,--start-group  \
+        $(foreach f,$(^:.o=.c),$(CFLAGS-$(notdir $(patsubst %/$,%,$(dir $(f))))-$(notdir $(f)))) \
+        $(CFLAGS-$(@)) \
+        -o $@ -Wl,--start-group \
        $(APPLETS_DEFINE) $(APPLET_SRC) \
-        $(BUSYBOX_DEFINE) $(BUSYBOX_SRC) $(libraries-y) \
+        $(BUSYBOX_DEFINE) $(BUSYBOX_SRC) \
+        $(bin-obj.a) \
        $(LDBUSYBOX) $(LIBRARIES) \
        -Wl,--end-group
        $(do_strip)
@@ -305,7 +379,7 @@ busybox.links: $(top_srcdir)/applets/busybox.mkll include/bb_config.h $(top_srcd
        $(Q)-$(SHELL) $^ >$@
 install: $(top_srcdir)/applets/install.sh busybox busybox.links
-        DO_INSTALL_LIBS="$(strip $(LIBBUSYBOX_SONAME) $(DO_INSTALL_LIBS))" \
+        $(Q)DO_INSTALL_LIBS="$(strip $(LIBBUSYBOX_SONAME) $(DO_INSTALL_LIBS))" \
                $(SHELL) $< $(PREFIX) $(INSTALL_OPTS)
 ifeq ($(strip $(CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID)),y)
        @echo
@@ -319,44 +393,33 @@ ifeq ($(strip $(CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID)),y)
 endif
 uninstall: busybox.links
-        $(RM_F) $(PREFIX)/bin/busybox
+        rm -f $(PREFIX)/bin/busybox
-        for i in `cat busybox.links` ; do $(RM_F) $(PREFIX)$$i; done
+        for i in `cat busybox.links` ; do rm -f $(PREFIX)$$i; done
 ifneq ($(strip $(DO_INSTALL_LIBS)),n)
        for i in $(LIBBUSYBOX_SONAME) $(DO_INSTALL_LIBS); do \
-                $(RM_F) $(PREFIX)$$i; \
+                rm -f $(PREFIX)$$i; \
        done
 endif
-# see if we are in verbose mode
-KBUILD_VERBOSE :=
-ifdef V
-  ifeq ("$(origin V)", "command line")
-    KBUILD_VERBOSE := $(V)
-  endif
-endif
-ifneq ($(strip $(KBUILD_VERBOSE)),)
-  CHECK_VERBOSE := -v
-# ARFLAGS+=v
-endif
 check test: busybox
        bindir=$(top_builddir) srcdir=$(top_srcdir)/testsuite \
        $(top_srcdir)/testsuite/runtest $(CHECK_VERBOSE)
 sizes:
-        -$(RM_F) busybox
+        -rm -f busybox
        $(MAKE) top_srcdir=$(top_srcdir) top_builddir=$(top_builddir) \
                -f $(top_srcdir)/Makefile STRIPCMD=/bin/true
        $(NM) --size-sort busybox
 # Documentation Targets
-doc: docs/busybox.pod docs/BusyBox.txt docs/BusyBox.1 docs/BusyBox.html
+doc: docs/busybox.pod docs/BusyBox.txt docs/BusyBox.1 docs/BusyBox.html ;
 docs/busybox.pod : $(top_srcdir)/docs/busybox_header.pod $(top_srcdir)/include/usage.h $(top_srcdir)/docs/busybox_footer.pod $(top_srcdir)/docs/autodocifier.pl
        $(disp_doc)
        $(Q)-mkdir -p docs
-        $(Q)-( cat $(top_srcdir)/docs/busybox_header.pod; \
+        $(Q)-( cat $(top_srcdir)/docs/busybox_header.pod ; \
-            $(top_srcdir)/docs/autodocifier.pl $(top_srcdir)/include/usage.h; \
+            $(top_srcdir)/docs/autodocifier.pl $(top_srcdir)/include/usage.h ; \
-            cat $(top_srcdir)/docs/busybox_footer.pod ) > docs/busybox.pod
+            cat $(top_srcdir)/docs/busybox_footer.pod ; ) > docs/busybox.pod
 docs/BusyBox.txt: docs/busybox.pod
        $(disp_doc)
@@ -372,18 +435,18 @@ docs/BusyBox.1: docs/busybox.pod
 docs/BusyBox.html: docs/busybox.net/BusyBox.html
        $(disp_doc)
        $(Q)-mkdir -p docs
-        $(Q)-$(RM_F) docs/BusyBox.html
+        $(Q)-rm -f docs/BusyBox.html
        $(Q)-cp docs/busybox.net/BusyBox.html docs/BusyBox.html
 docs/busybox.net/BusyBox.html: docs/busybox.pod
        $(Q)-mkdir -p docs/busybox.net
        $(Q)-pod2html --noindex $< > \
            docs/busybox.net/BusyBox.html
-        $(Q)-$(RM_F) pod2htm*
+        $(Q)-rm -f pod2htm*
-# The nifty new buildsystem stuff
+# The nifty new dependency stuff
 scripts/bb_mkdep: $(top_srcdir)/scripts/bb_mkdep.c
-        $(Q)$(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) -o $@ $<
+        $(do_link.h)
 DEP_INCLUDES := include/bb_config.h
@@ -395,63 +458,65 @@ include/bbconfigopts.h: .config
        $(Q)$(top_srcdir)/scripts/config/mkconfigs > $@
 endif
-depend dep: .depend
+depend dep: $(top_builddir)/.depend ;
-.depend: scripts/bb_mkdep $(DEP_INCLUDES)
+$(top_builddir)/.depend: $(buildtree) scripts/bb_mkdep $(DEP_INCLUDES)
        $(disp_gen)
-        $(Q)$(RM_F) .depend
+        $(Q)rm -f .depend
-        $(Q)mkdir -p include/config
+        $(Q)scripts/bb_mkdep $(MKDEP_ARGS) \
-        $(Q)scripts/bb_mkdep -I $(top_srcdir)/include $(top_srcdir) > $@.tmp
+                -I $(top_srcdir)/include $(top_srcdir) > $@.tmp
        $(Q)mv $@.tmp $@
 include/bb_config.h: .config
-        @if [ ! -x $(top_builddir)/scripts/config/conf ] ; then \
+        $(disp_gen)
-            $(MAKE) -C scripts/config conf; \
-        fi;
        @$(top_builddir)/scripts/config/conf -o $(CONFIG_CONFIG_IN)
+endif # ifeq ($(strip $(HAVE_DOT_CONFIG)),y)
 clean:
-        - $(MAKE) -C scripts/config $@
+        - rm -f docs/busybox.dvi docs/busybox.ps \
-        - $(RM_F) docs/busybox.dvi docs/busybox.ps \
            docs/busybox.pod docs/busybox.net/busybox.html \
            docs/busybox pod2htm* *.gdb *.elf *~ core .*config.log \
            docs/BusyBox.txt docs/BusyBox.1 docs/BusyBox.html \
            docs/busybox.net/BusyBox.html busybox.links \
            $(DO_INSTALL_LIBS) $(LIBBUSYBOX_SONAME) \
            .config.old busybox
-        - rm -rf _install testsuite/links
+        - rm -r -f _install testsuite/links
-        - find . -name .\*.flags -exec $(RM_F) {} \;
+        - find . -name .\*.flags -exec rm -f {} \;
-        - find . -name \*.o -exec $(RM_F) {} \;
+        - find . -name \*.o -exec rm -f {} \;
-        - find . -name \*.a -exec $(RM_F) {} \;
+        - find . -name \*.om -exec rm -f {} \;
-        - find . -name \*.so -exec $(RM_F) {} \;
+        - find . -name \*.os -exec rm -f {} \;
+        - find . -name \*.a -exec rm -f {} \;
 distclean: clean
-        - $(RM_F) scripts/bb_mkdep
+        - $(MAKE) -C scripts/config clean
-        - rm -rf include/config $(DEP_INCLUDES)
+        - rm -f scripts/bb_mkdep
-        - find . -name .depend'*' -exec $(RM_F) {} \;
+        - rm -r -f include/config $(DEP_INCLUDES)
-        $(RM_F) .config .config.old .config.cmd
+        - find . -name .depend'*' -exec rm -f {} \;
+        rm -f .config .config.old .config.cmd
 release: distclean #doc
        cd ..; \
-        rm -rf $(PROG)-$(VERSION); \
+        rm -r -f $(PROG)-$(VERSION); \
        cp -a busybox $(PROG)-$(VERSION); \
        \
        find $(PROG)-$(VERSION)/ -type d \
                -name .svn \
                -print \
-                -exec rm -rf {} \; ; \
+                -exec rm -r -f {} \; ; \
        \
        find $(PROG)-$(VERSION)/ -type f \
                -name .\#* \
                -print \
-                -exec $(RM_F) {} \; ; \
+                -exec rm -f {} \; ; \
        \
        tar -cvzf $(PROG)-$(VERSION).tar.gz $(PROG)-$(VERSION)/;
 tags:
        ctags -R .
+# keep these in sync with noconfig_targets above!
-endif # ifeq ($(skip-makefile),)
+.PHONY: dummy subdirs check test depend dep buildtree \
+        menuconfig config oldconfig randconfig \
-.PHONY: dummy subdirs release distclean clean config oldconfig \
+        defconfig allyesconfig allnoconfig allbareconfig \
-        menuconfig tags check test depend dep buildtree
+        clean distclean \
+        release tags
diff --git a/Rules.mak b/Rules.mak
index ab6e311c6..60812a57e 100644
--- a/Rules.mak
+++ b/Rules.mak
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ ifeq ($(filter $(noconfig_targets),$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
 -include $(top_builddir)/.config
 endif
+ifeq ($(MAKELEVEL),0)
+ifeq ($(HAVE_DOT_CONFIG),y)
+rules-mak-rules:=0
+endif
+endif
 #--------------------------------------------------------
 PROG      := busybox
 MAJOR_VERSION   :=1
@@ -30,8 +36,9 @@ BUILDTIME := $(shell TZ=UTC date -u "+%Y.%m.%d-%H:%M%z")
 # If you are running a cross compiler, you will want to set 'CROSS'
 # to something more interesting...  Target architecture is determined
 # by asking the CC compiler what arch it compiles things for, so unless
-# your compiler is broken, you should not need to specify TARGET_ARCH
+# your compiler is broken, you should not need to specify __TARGET_ARCH
 CROSS           =$(subst ",, $(strip $(CROSS_COMPILER_PREFIX)))
+#")
 CC             = $(CROSS)gcc
 AR             = $(CROSS)ar
 AS             = $(CROSS)as
@@ -39,16 +46,19 @@ LD             = $(CROSS)ld
 NM             = $(CROSS)nm
 STRIP          = $(CROSS)strip
 CPP            = $(CC) -E
-# MAKEFILES      = $(top_builddir)/.config
+SED           ?= sed
-RM             = rm
+AWK           ?= awk
-RM_F           = $(RM) -f
-LN             = ln
-LN_S           = $(LN) -s
+ifdef PACKAGE_BE_VERBOSE
-MKDIR          = mkdir
+PACKAGE_BE_VERBOSE := $(shell echo $(PACKAGE_BE_VERBOSE) | $(SED) "s/[[:alpha:]]*//g")
-MKDIR_P        = $(MKDIR) -p
+endif
-MV             = mv
-CP             = cp
+# for make V=3 and above make $(shell) invocations verbose
+ifeq ($(if $(strip $(PACKAGE_BE_VERBOSE)),$(shell test $(PACKAGE_BE_VERBOSE) -gt 2 ; echo $$?),1),0)
+ SHELL+=-x
+ MKDEP_ARGS:=-w
+endif
 # What OS are you compiling busybox for?  This allows you to include
 # OS specific things, syscall overrides, etc.
@@ -63,8 +73,9 @@ LC_ALL:= C
 # If you want to add some simple compiler switches (like -march=i686),
 # especially from the command line, use this instead of CFLAGS directly.
-# For optimization overrides, it's better still to set OPTIMIZATION.
+# For optimization overrides, it's better still to set OPTIMIZATIONS.
 CFLAGS_EXTRA=$(subst ",, $(strip $(EXTRA_CFLAGS_OPTIONS)))
+#")
 # To compile vs some other alternative libc, you may need to use/adjust
 # the following lines to meet your needs...
@@ -81,20 +92,50 @@ CFLAGS_EXTRA=$(subst ",, $(strip $(EXTRA_CFLAGS_OPTIONS)))
 #GCCINCDIR:=$(shell gcc -print-search-dirs | sed -ne "s/install: \(.*\)/\1include/gp")
 WARNINGS=-Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wshadow
-CFLAGS+=-I$(top_builddir)/include -I$(top_srcdir)/include -I$(srcdir)
+CFLAGS+=-I$(top_builddir)/include -I$(top_srcdir)/include
 ARFLAGS=cru
+# Get the CC MAJOR/MINOR version
 # gcc centric. Perhaps fiddle with findstring gcc,$(CC) for the rest
-# get the CC MAJOR/MINOR version
 CC_MAJOR:=$(shell printf "%02d" $(shell echo __GNUC__ | $(CC) -E -xc - | tail -n 1))
 CC_MINOR:=$(shell printf "%02d" $(shell echo __GNUC_MINOR__ | $(CC) -E -xc - | tail -n 1))
+# Note: spaces are significant here!
+# Check if CC version is equal to given MAJOR,MINOR. Returns empty if false.
+define cc_eq
+$(shell [ $(CC_MAJOR) -eq $(1) -a $(CC_MINOR) -eq $(2) ] && echo y)
+endef
+# Check if CC version is greater or equal than given MAJOR,MINOR
+define cc_ge
+$(shell [ $(CC_MAJOR) -ge $(1) -a $(CC_MINOR) -ge $(2) ] && echo y)
+endef
+# Check if CC version is less or equal than given MAJOR,MINOR
+define cc_le
+$(shell [ $(CC_MAJOR) -le $(1) -a $(CC_MINOR) -le $(2) ] && echo y)
+endef
+# Workaround bugs in make-3.80 for eval in conditionals
+define is_eq
+$(shell [ $(1) = $(2) ] 2> /dev/null && echo y)
+endef
+define is_neq
+$(shell [ $(1) != $(2) ] 2> /dev/null && echo y)
+endef
 #--------------------------------------------------------
 export VERSION BUILDTIME HOSTCC HOSTCFLAGS CROSS CC AR AS LD NM STRIP CPP
-ifeq ($(strip $(TARGET_ARCH)),)
-TARGET_ARCH:=$(shell $(CC) -dumpmachine | sed -e s'/-.*//' \
+# TARGET_ARCH and TARGET_MACH will be passed verbatim to CC with recent
+# versions of make, so we use __TARGET_ARCH here.
+# Current builtin rules looks like that:
+# COMPILE.s = $(AS) $(ASFLAGS) $(TARGET_MACH)
+# COMPILE.c = $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -c
+ifeq ($(strip $(__TARGET_ARCH)),)
+__TARGET_ARCH:=$(shell $(CC) -dumpmachine | sed -e s'/-.*//' \
                -e 's/i.86/i386/' \
                -e 's/sparc.*/sparc/' \
                -e 's/arm.*/arm/g' \
@@ -108,70 +149,60 @@ TARGET_ARCH:=$(shell $(CC) -dumpmachine | sed -e s'/-.*//' \
                )
 endif
-# A nifty macro to make testing gcc features easier
+$(call check_gcc,CFLAGS,-funsigned-char,)
-check_gcc=$(shell \
+$(call check_gcc,CFLAGS,-mmax-stack-frame=256,)
-        if [ "$(1)" != "" ]; then \
-                if $(CC) $(1) -S -o /dev/null -xc /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1; \
-                then echo "$(1)"; else echo "$(2)"; fi \
-        fi)
-# A not very robust macro to check for available ld flags
-check_ld=$(shell \
-        if [ "x$(1)" != "x" ]; then \
-                $(LD) --help | grep -q "\$(1)" && echo "-Wl,$(1)" ; \
-        fi)
-CFLAGS+=$(call check_gcc,-funsigned-char,)
-CFLAGS+=$(call check_gcc,-mmax-stack-frame=256,)
 #--------------------------------------------------------
 # Arch specific compiler optimization stuff should go here.
 # Unless you want to override the defaults, do not set anything
-# for OPTIMIZATION...
+# for OPTIMIZATIONS...
 # use '-Os' optimization if available, else use -O2
-OPTIMIZATION:=$(call check_gcc,-Os,-O2)
+$(call check_gcc,OPTIMIZATIONS,-Os,-O2)
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_BUILD_AT_ONCE),y)
 # gcc 2.95 exits with 0 for "unrecognized option"
-ifeq ($(strip $(shell [ $(CC_MAJOR) -ge 3 ] ; echo $$?)),0)
+$(if $(call is_eq,$(CONFIG_BUILD_AT_ONCE),y),\
-        OPTIMIZATION+=$(call check_gcc,--combine,)
+  $(if $(call cc_ge,3,0),\
-endif
+    $(call check_gcc,CFLAGS_COMBINE,--combine,)))
-OPTIMIZATION+=$(call check_gcc,-funit-at-a-time,)
-PROG_CFLAGS+=$(call check_gcc,-fwhole-program,)
-endif # CONFIG_BUILD_AT_ONCE
-LIB_LDFLAGS:=$(call check_ld,--enable-new-dtags,)
+$(if $(call is_eq,$(CONFIG_BUILD_AT_ONCE),y),\
-#LIB_LDFLAGS+=$(call check_ld,--reduce-memory-overheads,)
+  $(call check_gcc,OPTIMIZATIONS,-funit-at-a-time,))
-#LIB_LDFLAGS+=$(call check_ld,--as-needed,)
-#LIB_LDFLAGS+=$(call check_ld,--warn-shared-textrel,)
+# http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25795
+#$(if $(call is_eq,$(CONFIG_BUILD_AT_ONCE),y),\
+#  $(call check_gcc,PROG_CFLAGS,-fwhole-program,))
+$(call check_ld,LIB_LDFLAGS,--enable-new-dtags,)
+#$(call check_ld,LIB_LDFLAGS,--reduce-memory-overheads,)
+#$(call check_ld,LIB_LDFLAGS,--as-needed,)
+#$(call check_ld,LIB_LDFLAGS,--warn-shared-textrel,)
+$(call check_ld,PROG_LDFLAGS,--gc-sections,)
 # Some nice architecture specific optimizations
-ifeq ($(strip $(TARGET_ARCH)),arm)
+ifeq ($(__TARGET_ARCH),arm)
-        OPTIMIZATION+=-fstrict-aliasing
+    OPTIMIZATIONS+=-fstrict-aliasing
-endif
+endif # arm
-ifeq ($(strip $(TARGET_ARCH)),i386)
-        OPTIMIZATION+=$(call check_gcc,-march=i386,)
+$(if $(call is_eq,$(__TARGET_ARCH),i386),\
+  $(call check_gcc,OPTIMIZATIONS,-march=i386,))
 # gcc-4.0 and older seem to suffer from these
-ifneq ($(strip $(shell [ $(CC_MAJOR) -ge 4 -a $(CC_MINOR) -ge 1 ] ; echo $$?)),0)
+$(if $(call cc_le,4,0),\
-        OPTIMIZATION+=$(call check_gcc,-mpreferred-stack-boundary=2,)
+  $(call check_gcc,OPTIMIZATIONS,-mpreferred-stack-boundary=2,)\
-        OPTIMIZATION+=$(call check_gcc,-falign-functions=0 -falign-jumps=0 -falign-loops=0,\
+  $(call check_gcc,OPTIMIZATIONS,-falign-functions=0 -falign-jumps=0 -falign-loops=0,\
-                -malign-functions=0 -malign-jumps=0 -malign-loops=0)
+                -malign-functions=0 -malign-jumps=0 -malign-loops=0))
-endif # gcc-4.0 and older
 # gcc-4.1 and beyond seem to benefit from these
-ifeq ($(strip $(shell [ $(CC_MAJOR) -ge 4 -a $(CC_MINOR) -ge 1 ] ; echo $$?)),0)
+# turn off flags which hurt -Os
-        # turn off flags which hurt -Os
+$(if $(call cc_ge,4,1),\
-        OPTIMIZATION+=$(call check_gcc,-fno-tree-loop-optimize,)
+  $(call check_gcc,OPTIMIZATIONS,-fno-tree-loop-optimize,)\
-        OPTIMIZATION+=$(call check_gcc,-fno-tree-dominator-opts,)
+  $(call check_gcc,OPTIMIZATIONS,-fno-tree-dominator-opts,)\
-        OPTIMIZATION+=$(call check_gcc,-fno-strength-reduce,)
+  $(call check_gcc,OPTIMIZATIONS,-fno-strength-reduce,)\
+\
-        OPTIMIZATION+=$(call check_gcc,-fno-branch-count-reg,)
+  $(call check_gcc,OPTIMIZATIONS,-fno-branch-count-reg,))
-endif # gcc-4.1 and beyond
-endif
+$(call check_gcc,OPTIMIZATIONS,-fomit-frame-pointer,)
-OPTIMIZATIONS:=$(OPTIMIZATION) $(call check_gcc,-fomit-frame-pointer,)
 #
 #--------------------------------------------------------
@@ -182,40 +213,40 @@ OPTIMIZATIONS:=$(OPTIMIZATION) $(call check_gcc,-fomit-frame-pointer,)
 # prone to casual user adjustment.
 #
-ifeq ($(strip $(CONFIG_LFS)),y)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_LFS),y)
    # For large file summit support
    CFLAGS+=-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
 endif
-ifeq ($(strip $(CONFIG_DMALLOC)),y)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_DMALLOC),y)
    # For testing mem leaks with dmalloc
    CFLAGS+=-DDMALLOC
    LIBRARIES:=-ldmalloc
 else
-    ifeq ($(strip $(CONFIG_EFENCE)),y)
+    ifeq ($(CONFIG_EFENCE),y)
        LIBRARIES:=-lefence
    endif
 endif
-ifeq ($(strip $(CONFIG_DEBUG)),y)
+$(if $(call is_eq,$(CONFIG_DEBUG),y),\
+ $(call check_ld,LDFLAGS,--warn-common,),\
+ $(call check_ld,LDFLAGS,--warn-common,)$(call check_ld,LDFLAGS,--sort-common,))
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_DEBUG),y)
    CFLAGS  +=$(WARNINGS) -g -D_GNU_SOURCE
-    LDFLAGS += $(call check_ld,--warn-common,)
    STRIPCMD:=/bin/true -Not_stripping_since_we_are_debugging
 else
    CFLAGS+=$(WARNINGS) $(OPTIMIZATIONS) -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG
-    LDFLAGS += $(call check_ld,--warn-common,)
-    LDFLAGS += $(call check_ld,--sort-common,)
    STRIPCMD:=$(STRIP) -s --remove-section=.note --remove-section=.comment
 endif
-ifeq ($(strip $(CONFIG_STATIC)),y)
+$(if $(call is_eq,$(CONFIG_STATIC),y),\
-    PROG_CFLAGS += $(call check_gcc,-static,)
+    $(call check_gcc,PROG_CFLAGS,-static,))
-endif
-CFLAGS_SHARED += $(call check_gcc,-shared,)
+$(call check_gcc,CFLAGS_SHARED,-shared,)
 LIB_CFLAGS+=$(CFLAGS_SHARED)
-ifeq ($(strip $(CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX)),y)
+$(if $(call is_eq,$(CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX),y),\
-    CFLAGS_PIC:= $(call check_gcc,-fPIC,)
+    $(call check_gcc,CFLAGS_PIC,-fPIC,))
-endif
-ifeq ($(strip $(CONFIG_SELINUX)),y)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_SELINUX),y)
    LIBRARIES += -lselinux
 endif
@@ -223,14 +254,6 @@ ifeq ($(strip $(PREFIX)),)
    PREFIX:=`pwd`/_install
 endif
-# Additional complications due to support for pristine source dir.
-# Include files in the build directory should take precedence over
-# the copy in top_srcdir, both during the compilation phase and the
-# shell script that finds the list of object files.
-# Work in progress by <ldoolitt@recycle.lbl.gov>.
-OBJECTS:=$(APPLET_SOURCES:.c=.o) busybox.o usage.o applets.o
 CFLAGS    += $(CROSS_CFLAGS)
 ifdef BB_INIT_SCRIPT
    CFLAGS += -DINIT_SCRIPT='"$(BB_INIT_SCRIPT)"'
@@ -252,59 +275,118 @@ ifeq ($(strip $(CONFIG_INSTALL_APPLET_DONT)),y)
 INSTALL_OPTS=
 endif
+#------------------------------------------------------------
+# object extensions
+# object potentially used in shared object
+ifeq ($(strip $(CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX)),y)
+# single-object extension
+os:=.os
+# multi-object extension
+om:=.osm
+else
+os:=.o
+om:=.om
+endif
 #------------------------------------------------------------
 # Make the output nice and tight
-MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory
+# for make V=2 and above, do print directory
+ifneq ($(shell test -n "$(strip $(PACKAGE_BE_VERBOSE))" && test $(PACKAGE_BE_VERBOSE) -gt 1 ; echo $$?),0)
+  MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory
+endif
+export MAKEOVERRIDES
 export MAKE_IS_SILENT=n
 ifneq ($(findstring s,$(MAKEFLAGS)),)
 export MAKE_IS_SILENT=y
-SECHO := @-false
 DISP  := sil
 Q     := @
 else
 ifneq ($(V)$(VERBOSE),)
-SECHO := @-false
 DISP  := ver
 Q     := 
 else
-SECHO := @echo
 DISP  := pur
 Q     := @
 endif
 endif
-show_objs = $(subst $(top_builddir)/,,$(subst ../,,$@))
+define show_objs
-pur_disp_compile.c = echo "  "CC $(show_objs)
+  $(subst $(top_builddir)/,,$(subst ../,,$@))
-pur_disp_compile.h = echo "  "HOSTCC $(show_objs)
+endef
-pur_disp_strip     = echo "  "STRIP $(show_objs)
+pur_disp_compile.c = @echo "  "CC $(show_objs) ;
-pur_disp_link      = echo "  "LINK $(show_objs)
+pur_disp_compile.h = @echo "  "HOSTCC $(show_objs) ;
-pur_disp_ar        = echo "  "AR $(ARFLAGS) $(show_objs)
+pur_disp_strip     = @echo "  "STRIP $(show_objs) ;
-sil_disp_compile.c = true
+pur_disp_link      = @echo "  "LINK $(show_objs) ;
-sil_disp_compile.h = true
+pur_disp_link.h    = @echo "  "HOSTLINK $(show_objs) ;
-sil_disp_strip     = true
+pur_disp_ar        = @echo "  "AR $(ARFLAGS) $(show_objs) ;
-sil_disp_link      = true
+pur_disp_gen       = @echo "  "GEN $@ ;
-sil_disp_ar        = true
+pur_disp_doc       = @echo "  "DOC $(subst docs/,,$@) ;
-ver_disp_compile.c = echo $(cmd_compile.c)
+pur_disp_bin       = @echo "  "BIN $(show_objs) ;
-ver_disp_compile.h = echo $(cmd_compile.h)
+sil_disp_compile.c = @
-ver_disp_strip     = echo $(cmd_strip)
+sil_disp_compile.h = @
-ver_disp_link      = echo $(cmd_link)
+sil_disp_strip     = @
-ver_disp_ar        = echo $(cmd_ar)
+sil_disp_link      = @
+sil_disp_link.h    = @
+sil_disp_ar        = @
+sil_disp_gen       = @
+sil_disp_doc       = @
+sil_disp_bin       = @
+ver_disp_compile.c =
+ver_disp_compile.h =
+ver_disp_strip     =
+ver_disp_link      =
+ver_disp_link.h    =
+ver_disp_ar        =
+ver_disp_gen       =
+ver_disp_doc       =
+ver_disp_bin       =
 disp_compile.c     = $($(DISP)_disp_compile.c)
 disp_compile.h     = $($(DISP)_disp_compile.h)
 disp_strip         = $($(DISP)_disp_strip)
 disp_link          = $($(DISP)_disp_link)
+disp_link.h        = $($(DISP)_disp_link.h)
 disp_ar            = $($(DISP)_disp_ar)
-disp_gen           = $(SECHO) "  "GEN $@ ; true
+disp_gen           = $($(DISP)_disp_gen)
-disp_doc           = $(SECHO) "  "DOC $(subst docs/,,$@) ; true
+disp_doc           = $($(DISP)_disp_doc)
-cmd_compile.c      = $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+disp_bin           = $($(DISP)_disp_bin)
+# CFLAGS-dir        == $(CFLAGS-$(notdir $(@D)))
+# CFLAGS-dir-file.o == $(CFLAGS-$(notdir $(@D))-$(notdir $(@F)))
+# CFLAGS-dir-file.c == $(CFLAGS-$(notdir $(<D))-$(notdir $(<F)))
+# all prerequesites == $(foreach fil,$^,$(CFLAGS-$(notdir $(patsubst %/$,%,$(dir $(fil))))-$(notdir $(fil))))
+cmd_compile.c      = $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -I$(srcdir) -c -o $@ $< \
+ $(foreach f,$^,$(CFLAGS-$(notdir $(patsubst %/$,%,$(dir $(f))))-$(notdir $(f)))) \
+ $(CFLAGS-$(notdir $(@D))-$(notdir $(@F))) \
+ $(CFLAGS-$(notdir $(@D)))
+cmd_compile.m      = $(cmd_compile.c) -DL_$(patsubst %$(suffix $(notdir $@)),%,$(notdir $@))
 cmd_compile.h      = $(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 cmd_strip          = $(STRIPCMD) $@
-cmd_link           = $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
+cmd_link           = $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -I$(srcdir) $(LDFLAGS)
+cmd_link.h         = $(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS) $^ -o $@
 cmd_ar             = $(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $^
-compile.c          = @$(disp_compile.c) ; $(cmd_compile.c)
+compile.c          = $(disp_compile.c) $(cmd_compile.c)
-compile.h          = @$(disp_compile.h) ; $(cmd_compile.h)
+compile.m          = $(disp_compile.c) $(cmd_compile.m)
-do_strip           = @$(disp_strip)     ; $(cmd_strip)
+compile.h          = $(disp_compile.h) $(cmd_compile.h)
-do_link            = @$(disp_link)      ; $(cmd_link)
+do_strip           = $(disp_strip)     $(cmd_strip)
-do_ar              = @$(disp_ar)        ; $(cmd_ar)
+do_link            = $(disp_link)      $(cmd_link)
+do_link.h          = $(disp_link.h)    $(cmd_link.h)
+do_ar              = $(disp_ar)        $(cmd_ar)
+ifdef rules-mak-rules
+.SUFFIXES: .c .S .o .os .om .osm .oS .so .a .s .i .E
+# generic rules
+%.o:  %.c ; $(compile.c)
+%.os: %.c ; $(compile.c) $(CFLAGS_PIC)
+%.o:      ; $(compile.c)
+%.os:     ; $(compile.c) $(CFLAGS_PIC)
+%.om:     ; $(compile.m)
+%.osm:    ; $(compile.m) $(CFLAGS_PIC)
+endif # rules-mak-rules
 .PHONY: dummy
diff --git a/applets/Makefile.in b/applets/Makefile.in
index 02bcda93b..64aefc017 100644
--- a/applets/Makefile.in
+++ b/applets/Makefile.in
@@ -4,23 +4,13 @@
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
-APPLETS_AR:=applets.a
-ifndef $(APPLETS_DIR)
-APPLETS_DIR:=$(top_builddir)/applets/
-endif
 srcdir=$(top_srcdir)/applets
+objdir=$(top_builddir)/applets
-APPLET_SRC:= $(patsubst %,$(srcdir)/%,applets.c busybox.c version.c)
+APPLETS_SRC:= $(patsubst %,$(srcdir)/%,applets.c busybox.c version.c)
-APPLET_OBJ:= $(patsubst $(srcdir)/%.c,$(APPLETS_DIR)%.o, $(APPLET_SRC))
-APPLET_SRC-y+=$(APPLET_SRC)
+APPLET_SRC-y+=$(APPLETS_SRC)
-APPLET_SRC-a+=$(APPLET_SRC)
+APPLET_SRC-a+=$(APPLETS_SRC)
-libraries-y+=$(APPLETS_DIR)$(APPLETS_AR)
+applets_OBJ:=$(patsubst $(srcdir)/%.c,$(objdir)/%.o,$(APPLETS_SRC))
-$(APPLETS_DIR)$(APPLETS_AR): $(APPLET_OBJ)
-        $(do_ar)
-$(APPLET_OBJ): $(top_builddir)/.config 
-$(APPLET_OBJ): $(APPLETS_DIR)%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
-        $(compile.c)
diff --git a/applets/install.sh b/applets/install.sh
index 2c643f2f2..0173e7a44 100755
--- a/applets/install.sh
+++ b/applets/install.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ if [ "$DO_INSTALL_LIBS" != "n" ]; then
        for i in $DO_INSTALL_LIBS; do
                rm -f $prefix/$libdir/$i || exit 1
                if [ -f $i ]; then
-                        install -m 644 $i $prefix/$libdir/ || exit 1
+                        cp -a $i $prefix/$libdir/ || exit 1
+                        chmod 0644 $prefix/$libdir/$i || exit 1
                fi
        done
 fi
diff --git a/archival/Makefile.in b/archival/Makefile.in
index ee284ad7a..6a2979e67 100644
--- a/archival/Makefile.in
+++ b/archival/Makefile.in
@@ -4,14 +4,9 @@
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
-ARCHIVAL_AR:=archival.a
-ifndef $(ARCHIVAL_DIR)
-ARCHIVAL_DIR:=$(top_builddir)/archival/
-endif
 srcdir=$(top_srcdir)/archival
+objdir=$(top_builddir)/archival
-ARCHIVAL-y:=
-ARCHIVAL-$(CONFIG_APT_GET)      +=
 ARCHIVAL-$(CONFIG_AR)           += ar.o
 ARCHIVAL-$(CONFIG_BUNZIP2)      += bunzip2.o
 ARCHIVAL-$(CONFIG_UNLZMA)       += unlzma.o
@@ -26,17 +21,10 @@ ARCHIVAL-$(CONFIG_TAR)		+= tar.o
 ARCHIVAL-$(CONFIG_UNCOMPRESS)   += uncompress.o
 ARCHIVAL-$(CONFIG_UNZIP)        += unzip.o
-ifneq ($(strip $(ARCHIVAL-y)),)
-libraries-y+=$(ARCHIVAL_DIR)$(ARCHIVAL_AR)
-endif
 ARCHIVAL_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %.o,$(srcdir)/%.c,$(ARCHIVAL-y))
 ARCHIVAL_SRC-a:=$(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.c)
 APPLET_SRC-y+=$(ARCHIVAL_SRC-y)
 APPLET_SRC-a+=$(ARCHIVAL_SRC-a)
-$(ARCHIVAL_DIR)$(ARCHIVAL_AR): $(patsubst %,$(ARCHIVAL_DIR)%, $(ARCHIVAL-y))
+archival_OBJ:=  $(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%,$(ARCHIVAL-y))
-        $(do_ar)
-$(ARCHIVAL_DIR)%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
-        $(compile.c)
diff --git a/archival/libunarchive/Makefile.in b/archival/libunarchive/Makefile.in
index 265079c10..75d761036 100644
--- a/archival/libunarchive/Makefile.in
+++ b/archival/libunarchive/Makefile.in
@@ -3,83 +3,71 @@
 # Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2 or later, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
-#
-LIBUNARCHIVE_AR:=libunarchive.a
-ifndef $(LIBUNARCHIVE_DIR)
-LIBUNARCHIVE_DIR:=$(top_builddir)/archival/libunarchive
-endif
 srcdir=$(top_srcdir)/archival/libunarchive
+objdir=$(top_builddir)/archival/libunarchive
-LIBUNARCHIVE-obj:=$(LIBUNARCHIVE_DIR)/$(LIBUNARCHIVE_AR)
-LIBUNARCHIVE-pic:=$(LIBUNARCHIVE_DIR)/$(subst .a,-pic.a,$(LIBUNARCHIVE_AR))
-libraries-y+=$(LIBUNARCHIVE-obj)
 LIBUNARCHIVE-y:= \
 \
-        data_skip.o \
+        data_skip \
-        data_extract_all.o \
+        data_extract_all \
-        data_extract_to_stdout.o \
+        data_extract_to_stdout \
-        data_extract_to_buffer.o \
+        data_extract_to_buffer \
 \
-        filter_accept_all.o \
+        filter_accept_all \
-        filter_accept_list.o \
+        filter_accept_list \
-        filter_accept_reject_list.o \
+        filter_accept_reject_list \
 \
-        header_skip.o \
+        header_skip \
-        header_list.o \
+        header_list \
-        header_verbose_list.o \
+        header_verbose_list \
 \
-        archive_xread_all.o \
+        archive_xread_all \
-        archive_xread_all_eof.o \
+        archive_xread_all_eof \
 \
-        seek_by_char.o \
+        seek_by_char \
-        seek_by_jump.o \
+        seek_by_jump \
 \
-        data_align.o \
+        data_align \
-        find_list_entry.o \
+        find_list_entry \
-        open_transformer.o \
+        open_transformer \
-        init_handle.o
+        init_handle
-GUNZIP_FILES:= check_header_gzip.o decompress_unzip.o
+GUNZIP_FILES:= check_header_gzip decompress_unzip
 DPKG_FILES:= \
-        get_header_ar.o \
+        get_header_ar \
-        unpack_ar_archive.o \
+        unpack_ar_archive \
-        get_header_tar.o \
+        get_header_tar \
-        filter_accept_list_reassign.o
+        filter_accept_list_reassign
-LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_AR) += get_header_ar.o unpack_ar_archive.o
+LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_AR) += get_header_ar unpack_ar_archive
-LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_BUNZIP2) += decompress_bunzip2.o
+LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_BUNZIP2) += decompress_bunzip2
-LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_UNLZMA) += decompress_unlzma.o
+LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_UNLZMA) += decompress_unlzma
-LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_CPIO) += get_header_cpio.o
+LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_CPIO) += get_header_cpio
 LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_DPKG) += $(DPKG_FILES)
 LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_DPKG_DEB) += $(DPKG_FILES)
-LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_DEB_TAR_GZ) += $(GUNZIP_FILES) get_header_tar_gz.o
+LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_DEB_TAR_GZ) += $(GUNZIP_FILES) get_header_tar_gz
-LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_DEB_TAR_BZ2) += decompress_bunzip2.o get_header_tar_bz2.o
+LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_DEB_TAR_BZ2) += decompress_bunzip2 get_header_tar_bz2
-LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_DEB_TAR_LZMA) += decompress_unlzma.o get_header_tar_lzma.o
+LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_DEB_TAR_LZMA) += decompress_unlzma get_header_tar_lzma
 LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_GUNZIP) += $(GUNZIP_FILES)
-LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_GUNZIP_UNCOMPRESS) += decompress_uncompress.o
+LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_GUNZIP_UNCOMPRESS) += decompress_uncompress
-LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_RPM2CPIO) += $(GUNZIP_FILES) get_header_cpio.o
+LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_RPM2CPIO) += $(GUNZIP_FILES) get_header_cpio
-LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_RPM) += $(GUNZIP_FILES) get_header_cpio.o
+LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_RPM) += $(GUNZIP_FILES) get_header_cpio
-LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_TAR) += get_header_tar.o
+LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_TAR) += get_header_tar
-LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_BZIP2) += decompress_bunzip2.o get_header_tar_bz2.o
+LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_BZIP2) += decompress_bunzip2 get_header_tar_bz2
-LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_LZMA) += decompress_unlzma.o get_header_tar_lzma.o
+LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_LZMA) += decompress_unlzma get_header_tar_lzma
-LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_GZIP) += $(GUNZIP_FILES) get_header_tar_gz.o
+LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_GZIP) += $(GUNZIP_FILES) get_header_tar_gz
-LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_COMPRESS) += decompress_uncompress.o
+LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_COMPRESS) += decompress_uncompress
-LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_UNCOMPRESS) += decompress_uncompress.o
+LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_UNCOMPRESS) += decompress_uncompress
 LIBUNARCHIVE-$(CONFIG_UNZIP) += $(GUNZIP_FILES)
 LIBUNARCHIVE-y:=$(sort $(LIBUNARCHIVE-y))
-LIBUNARCHIVE_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %,$(srcdir)/%,$(subst .o,.c,$(LIBUNARCHIVE-y)))
+LIBUNARCHIVE_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %,$(srcdir)/%.c,$(LIBUNARCHIVE-y))
 LIBUNARCHIVE_SRC-a:=$(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.c)
 LIBRARY_SRC-y+=$(LIBUNARCHIVE_SRC-y)
 LIBRARY_SRC-a+=$(LIBUNARCHIVE_SRC-a)
-$(LIBUNARCHIVE_DIR)/$(LIBUNARCHIVE_AR): $(patsubst %,$(LIBUNARCHIVE_DIR)/%,$(LIBUNARCHIVE-y))
+archival_libunarchive_OBJ$(os):=$(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%$(os),$(LIBUNARCHIVE-y))
-        $(do_ar)
-$(LIBUNARCHIVE_DIR)/%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
-        $(compile.c)
diff --git a/console-tools/Makefile.in b/console-tools/Makefile.in
index f14e338e1..e10bc4f78 100644
--- a/console-tools/Makefile.in
+++ b/console-tools/Makefile.in
@@ -4,34 +4,25 @@
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
-CONSOLETOOLS_AR:=console-tools.a
-ifndef $(CONSOLETOOLS_DIR)
-CONSOLETOOLS_DIR:=$(top_builddir)/console-tools/
-endif
 srcdir=$(top_srcdir)/console-tools
+objdir=$(top_builddir)/console-tools
-CONSOLETOOLS-y:=
 CONSOLETOOLS-$(CONFIG_CHVT)             += chvt.o
-CONSOLETOOLS-$(CONFIG_CLEAR)    += clear.o
+CONSOLETOOLS-$(CONFIG_CLEAR)            += clear.o
 CONSOLETOOLS-$(CONFIG_DEALLOCVT)        += deallocvt.o
-CONSOLETOOLS-$(CONFIG_DUMPKMAP) += dumpkmap.o
+CONSOLETOOLS-$(CONFIG_DUMPKMAP)         += dumpkmap.o
 CONSOLETOOLS-$(CONFIG_SETCONSOLE)       += setconsole.o
-CONSOLETOOLS-$(CONFIG_LOADFONT) += loadfont.o
+CONSOLETOOLS-$(CONFIG_LOADFONT)         += loadfont.o
-CONSOLETOOLS-$(CONFIG_LOADKMAP) += loadkmap.o
+CONSOLETOOLS-$(CONFIG_LOADKMAP)         += loadkmap.o
-CONSOLETOOLS-$(CONFIG_OPENVT)   += openvt.o
+CONSOLETOOLS-$(CONFIG_OPENVT)           += openvt.o
-CONSOLETOOLS-$(CONFIG_RESET)    += reset.o
+CONSOLETOOLS-$(CONFIG_RESET)            += reset.o
 CONSOLETOOLS-$(CONFIG_SETKEYCODES)      += setkeycodes.o
-ifneq ($(strip $(CONSOLETOOLS-y)),)
-libraries-y+=$(CONSOLETOOLS_DIR)$(CONSOLETOOLS_AR)
-endif
 CONSOLETOOLS_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %.o,$(srcdir)/%.c,$(CONSOLETOOLS-y))
 CONSOLETOOLS_SRC-a:=$(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.c)
 APPLET_SRC-y+=$(CONSOLETOOLS_SRC-y)
 APPLET_SRC-a+=$(CONSOLETOOLS_SRC-a)
-$(CONSOLETOOLS_DIR)$(CONSOLETOOLS_AR): $(patsubst %,$(CONSOLETOOLS_DIR)%, $(CONSOLETOOLS-y))
+console-tools_OBJ:=  $(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%,$(CONSOLETOOLS-y))
-        $(do_ar)
-$(CONSOLETOOLS_DIR)%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
-        $(compile.c)
diff --git a/coreutils/Makefile.in b/coreutils/Makefile.in
index 2ab256c15..eee64a995 100644
--- a/coreutils/Makefile.in
+++ b/coreutils/Makefile.in
@@ -4,13 +4,9 @@
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
-COREUTILS_AR:=coreutils.a
-ifndef $(COREUTILS_DIR)
-COREUTILS_DIR:=$(top_builddir)/coreutils/
-endif
 srcdir=$(top_srcdir)/coreutils
+objdir=$(top_builddir)/coreutils
-COREUTILS-y:=
 COREUTILS-$(CONFIG_BASENAME)  += basename.o
 COREUTILS-$(CONFIG_CAL)       += cal.o
 COREUTILS-$(CONFIG_CAT)       += cat.o
@@ -82,18 +78,12 @@ COREUTILS-$(CONFIG_WHOAMI)    += whoami.o
 COREUTILS-$(CONFIG_YES)       += yes.o
 COREUTILS-y:=$(sort $(COREUTILS-y))
+COREUTILS-m:=$(sort $(COREUTILS-m))
-ifneq ($(strip $(COREUTILS-y)),)
-libraries-y+=$(COREUTILS_DIR)$(COREUTILS_AR)
-endif
 COREUTILS_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %.o,$(srcdir)/%.c,$(COREUTILS-y))
 COREUTILS_SRC-a:=$(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.c)
 APPLET_SRC-y+=$(COREUTILS_SRC-y)
 APPLET_SRC-a+=$(COREUTILS_SRC-a)
-$(COREUTILS_DIR)$(COREUTILS_AR): $(patsubst %,$(COREUTILS_DIR)%, $(COREUTILS-y))
+coreutils_OBJ:=  $(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%,$(COREUTILS-y))
-        $(do_ar)
-$(COREUTILS_DIR)%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
-        $(compile.c)
diff --git a/coreutils/libcoreutils/Makefile.in b/coreutils/libcoreutils/Makefile.in
index 092019124..700341c97 100644
--- a/coreutils/libcoreutils/Makefile.in
+++ b/coreutils/libcoreutils/Makefile.in
@@ -3,49 +3,21 @@
 # Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2 or later, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
-#
-LIBCOREUTILS_AR:=libcoreutils.a
-ifndef $(LIBCOREUTILS_DIR)
-LIBCOREUTILS_DIR:=$(top_builddir)/coreutils/libcoreutils
-endif
 srcdir=$(top_srcdir)/coreutils/libcoreutils
+objdir=$(top_builddir)/coreutils/libcoreutils
-LIBCOREUTILS_ALL_SRC:= cp_mv_stat.c getopt_mk_fifo_nod.c
+LIBCOREUTILS-$(CONFIG_MKFIFO)   += getopt_mk_fifo_nod
+LIBCOREUTILS-$(CONFIG_MKNOD)    += getopt_mk_fifo_nod
-LIBCOREUTILS-y:=
+LIBCOREUTILS-$(CONFIG_INSTALL)  += cp_mv_stat
-LIBCOREUTILS-$(CONFIG_MKFIFO)   += getopt_mk_fifo_nod.o
+LIBCOREUTILS-$(CONFIG_CP)       += cp_mv_stat
-LIBCOREUTILS-$(CONFIG_MKNOD)    += getopt_mk_fifo_nod.o
+LIBCOREUTILS-$(CONFIG_MV)       += cp_mv_stat
-LIBCOREUTILS-$(CONFIG_INSTALL)  += cp_mv_stat.o
-LIBCOREUTILS-$(CONFIG_CP)       += cp_mv_stat.o
-LIBCOREUTILS-$(CONFIG_MV)       += cp_mv_stat.o
 LIBCOREUTILS-y:=$(sort $(LIBCOREUTILS-y))
-LIBCOREUTILS_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %,$(srcdir)/%,$(subst .o,.c,$(LIBCOREUTILS-y)))
+LIBCOREUTILS_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %,$(srcdir)/%.c,$(LIBCOREUTILS-y))
 LIBCOREUTILS_SRC-a:=$(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.c)
 LIBRARY_SRC-y+=$(LIBCOREUTILS_SRC-y)
 LIBRARY_SRC-a+=$(LIBCOREUTILS_SRC-a)
-LIBCOREUTILS-multi-obj:=$(LIBCOREUTILS_DIR)/$(subst .a,-multi.o,$(LIBCOREUTILS_AR))
+coreutils_libcoreutils_OBJ$(os):=$(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%$(os),$(LIBCOREUTILS-y))
-LIBCOREUTILS-multi-pic:=$(LIBCOREUTILS_DIR)/$(subst .a,-pic.o,$(LIBCOREUTILS_AR))
-# We do not need to build an empty non-pic object/archive
-ifneq ($(strip $(LIBCOREUTILS-y)),)
-libraries-y+=$(LIBCOREUTILS_DIR)/$(LIBCOREUTILS_AR)
-endif
-# If we are building libbusybox.so _and_ we will use it ourselves then we
-# keep it as small as possible
-ifeq ($(strip $(CONFIG_FEATURE_SHARED_BUSYBOX)),y)
-ifneq ($(strip $(LIBIPROUTE-y)),)
-libraries-m+=$(LIBCOREUTILS-multi-pic)
-endif
-endif
-LIBCOREUTILS_OBJS=$(patsubst %,$(LIBCOREUTILS_DIR)/%, $(LIBCOREUTILS-y))
-$(LIBCOREUTILS_DIR)/$(LIBCOREUTILS_AR): $(patsubst %,$(LIBCOREUTILS_DIR)/%,$(LIBCOREUTILS-y))
-        $(do_ar)
-$(LIBCOREUTILS_DIR)/%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
-        $(compile.c)
diff --git a/debianutils/Makefile.in b/debianutils/Makefile.in
index 2983565b8..ffdb7abdc 100644
--- a/debianutils/Makefile.in
+++ b/debianutils/Makefile.in
@@ -4,13 +4,9 @@
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
-DEBIANUTILS_AR:=debianutils.a
-ifndef $(DEBIANUTILS_DIR)
-DEBIANUTILS_DIR:=$(top_builddir)/debianutils/
-endif
 srcdir=$(top_srcdir)/debianutils
+objdir=$(top_builddir)/debianutils
-DEBIANUTILS-y:=
 DEBIANUTILS-$(CONFIG_MKTEMP)            += mktemp.o
 DEBIANUTILS-$(CONFIG_PIPE_PROGRESS)     += pipe_progress.o
 DEBIANUTILS-$(CONFIG_READLINK)          += readlink.o
@@ -18,16 +14,10 @@ DEBIANUTILS-$(CONFIG_RUN_PARTS)		+= run_parts.o
 DEBIANUTILS-$(CONFIG_START_STOP_DAEMON) += start_stop_daemon.o
 DEBIANUTILS-$(CONFIG_WHICH)             += which.o
-ifneq ($(strip $(DEBIANUTILS-y)),)
-libraries-y+=$(DEBIANUTILS_DIR)$(DEBIANUTILS_AR)
-endif
 DEBIANUTILS_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %.o,$(srcdir)/%.c,$(DEBIANUTILS-y))
 DEBIANUTILS_SRC-a:=$(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.c)
 APPLET_SRC-y+=$(DEBIANUTILS_SRC-y)
 APPLET_SRC-a+=$(DEBIANUTILS_SRC-a)
-$(DEBIANUTILS_DIR)$(DEBIANUTILS_AR): $(patsubst %,$(DEBIANUTILS_DIR)%, $(DEBIANUTILS-y))
+debianutils_OBJ:=  $(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%,$(DEBIANUTILS-y))
-        $(do_ar)
-$(DEBIANUTILS_DIR)%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
-        $(compile.c)
diff --git a/e2fsprogs/Makefile.in b/e2fsprogs/Makefile.in
index e4cfdf545..8a46af113 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/Makefile.in
+++ b/e2fsprogs/Makefile.in
@@ -4,12 +4,8 @@
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
-E2FSPROGS_AR:=e2fsprogs.a
+srcdir:=$(top_srcdir)/e2fsprogs
+objdir:=$(top_builddir)/e2fsprogs
-E2FSPROGS_DIR:=$(top_builddir)/e2fsprogs
-E2FSPROGS_SRC:=$(top_srcdir)/e2fsprogs
-E2FSPROGS_CFLAGS := -include $(E2FSPROGS_SRC)/e2fsbb.h
 BLKID_SRC   := cache.c dev.c devname.c devno.c blkid_getsize.c \
               probe.c read.c resolve.c save.c tag.c
@@ -39,22 +35,23 @@ UUID_SRC    := compare.c gen_uuid.c pack.c parse.c unpack.c unparse.c \
 UUID_SRCS   := $(patsubst %,uuid/%, $(UUID_SRC))
 UUID_OBJS   := $(patsubst %.c,%.o, $(UUID_SRCS))
 # for building out-of-tree we need to make sure that the directories to hold
 # the object tree are created
-$(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%, blkid e2fsck e2p ext2fs uuid):
+$(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%, blkid e2fsck e2p ext2fs uuid):
        @mkdir -p "$@"
 # make sure that the directories are order-only prerequisites. Otherwise we
 # may have object files created after the timestamp of the directory was
 # updated which would lead to spurious rebuilds (as some of the dentries
 # may be older than the dir itself).
-$(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%, $(BLKID_OBJS)):|$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/blkid
+$(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%,$(BLKID_OBJS)): $(objdir)/blkid/%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c|$(objdir)/blkid
-$(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%, $(E2FSCK_OBJS)):|$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/e2fsck
+$(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%,$(E2FSCK_OBJS)):$(objdir)/e2fsck/%.o:$(srcdir)/%.c|$(objdir)/e2fsck
-$(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%, $(E2P_OBJS)):|$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/e2p
+$(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%,$(E2P_OBJS)):   $(objdir)/e2p/%.o:   $(srcdir)/%.c|$(objdir)/e2p
-$(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%, $(EXT2FS_OBJS)):|$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/ext2fs
+$(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%,$(EXT2FS_OBJS)):$(objdir)/ext2fs/%.o:$(srcdir)/%.c|$(objdir)/ext2fs
-$(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%, $(UUID_OBJS)):|$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/uuid
+$(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%,$(UUID_OBJS)):  $(objdir)/uuid/%.o:  $(srcdir)/%.c|$(objdir)/uuid
-E2FSPROGS-y:=
 E2FSPROGS-$(CONFIG_CHATTR)     += chattr.o $(E2P_OBJS)
 E2FSPROGS-$(CONFIG_E2FSCK)     += e2fsck.o util.o $(BLKID_OBJS) $(EXT2FS_OBJS) $(UUID_OBJS)
 E2FSPROGS-$(CONFIG_FSCK)       += fsck.o util.o $(BLKID_OBJS) $(UUID_OBJS)
@@ -63,24 +60,26 @@ E2FSPROGS-$(CONFIG_MKE2FS)     += mke2fs.o util.o $(E2P_OBJS) $(BLKID_OBJS) $(EX
 E2FSPROGS-$(CONFIG_TUNE2FS)    += tune2fs.o util.o $(E2P_OBJS) $(BLKID_OBJS) $(EXT2FS_OBJS) $(UUID_OBJS)
 E2FSPROGS-y:=$(sort $(E2FSPROGS-y))
+ifneq ($(E2FSPROGS-y),)
-ifneq ($(strip $(E2FSPROGS-y)),)
+CFLAGS-e2fsprogs := -include $(srcdir)/e2fsbb.h
-libraries-y+=$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/$(E2FSPROGS_AR)
 endif
-E2FSPROGS_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %.o,$(E2FSPROGS_SRC)/%.c,$(E2FSPROGS-y))
+E2FSPROGS_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %.o,$(srcdir)/%.c,$(E2FSPROGS-y))
-E2FSPROGS_SRC-a:=$(wildcard $(E2FSPROGS_SRC)/*.c) $(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_SRC)/%,$(BLKID_SRCS) $(E2P_SRCS) $(EXT2FS_SRCS) $(UUID_SRCS))
+E2FSPROGS_SRC-a:=$(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.c) $(patsubst %,$(srcdir)/%,$(BLKID_SRCS) $(E2P_SRCS) $(EXT2FS_SRCS) $(UUID_SRCS))
-APPLET_SRC-y+=$(E2FSPROGS_CFLAGS) $(E2FSPROGS_SRC-y)
+APPLET_SRC-y+=$(E2FSPROGS_SRC-y)
-APPLET_SRC-a+=$(E2FSPROGS_CFLAGS) $(E2FSPROGS_SRC-a)
+APPLET_SRC-a+=$(E2FSPROGS_SRC-a)
+$(warning FIXME: change .c to include their stuff relative to $(srcdir))
+E2FSPROGS_TMP_KLUDGE:=$(patsubst %,-I$(srcdir)/%,blkid e2fsck e2p ext2fs uuid)
+CFLAGS-blkid=$(E2FSPROGS_TMP_KLUDGE) $(CFLAGS-e2fsprogs)
+CFLAGS-e2fsck=$(E2FSPROGS_TMP_KLUDGE) $(CFLAGS-e2fsprogs)
+CFLAGS-e2p=$(E2FSPROGS_TMP_KLUDGE) $(CFLAGS-e2fsprogs)
+CFLAGS-ext2fs=$(E2FSPROGS_TMP_KLUDGE) $(CFLAGS-e2fsprogs)
+CFLAGS-uuid=$(E2FSPROGS_TMP_KLUDGE) $(CFLAGS-e2fsprogs)
-# XXX: FIXME: change .c to include their stuff relative to $(E2FSPROGS_SRC)
-E2FSPROGS_TMP_KLUDGE:=$(patsubst %,-I$(E2FSPROGS_SRC)/%,blkid e2fsck e2p ext2fs uuid)
-APPLETS_DEFINE-y+=$(E2FSPROGS_CFLAGS) -I$(E2FSPROGS_SRC) $(E2FSPROGS_TMP_KLUDGE)
+APPLETS_DEFINE-y+=$(CFLAGS-e2fsprogs) -I$(srcdir) $(E2FSPROGS_TMP_KLUDGE)
-APPLETS_DEFINE-a+=$(E2FSPROGS_CFLAGS) -I$(E2FSPROGS_SRC) $(E2FSPROGS_TMP_KLUDGE)
+APPLETS_DEFINE-a+=$(CFLAGS-e2fsprogs) -I$(srcdir) $(E2FSPROGS_TMP_KLUDGE)
-$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/$(E2FSPROGS_AR): $(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%, $(E2FSPROGS-y))
+e2fsprogs_OBJ:=  $(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%,$(E2FSPROGS-y))
-        $(do_ar)
-$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%.o: $(subst $(top_builddir),$(top_srcdir),$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%.c)
-        $(compile.c) $(E2FSPROGS_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/editors/Makefile.in b/editors/Makefile.in
index 805017dcc..19d8bf8e6 100644
--- a/editors/Makefile.in
+++ b/editors/Makefile.in
@@ -4,36 +4,25 @@
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
-EDITOR_AR:=editors.a
-ifndef $(EDITOR_DIR)
-EDITOR_DIR:=$(top_builddir)/editors/
-endif
 srcdir=$(top_srcdir)/editors
+objdir=$(top_builddir)/editors
-EDITOR-y:=
+EDITORS-$(CONFIG_AWK)   += awk.o
-EDITOR-$(CONFIG_AWK)       += awk.o
+EDITORS-$(CONFIG_PATCH) += patch.o
-EDITOR-$(CONFIG_PATCH)     += patch.o
+EDITORS-$(CONFIG_SED)   += sed.o
-EDITOR-$(CONFIG_SED)       += sed.o
+EDITORS-$(CONFIG_VI)    += vi.o
-EDITOR-$(CONFIG_VI)        += vi.o
-ifneq ($(strip $(EDITOR-y)),)
-libraries-y+=$(EDITOR_DIR)$(EDITOR_AR)
-endif
-EDITOR_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %.o,$(srcdir)/%.c,$(EDITOR-y))
-EDITOR_SRC-a:=$(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.c)
-APPLET_SRC-y+=$(EDITOR_SRC-y)
-APPLET_SRC-a+=$(EDITOR_SRC-a)
 needlibm-y:=
 needlibm-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_AWK_MATH) := y
 ifeq ($(needlibm-y),y)
-  LIBRARIES := -lm $(filter-out -lm,$(LIBRARIES))
+  LIBRARIES := $(filter-out -lm,$(LIBRARIES)) -lm
 endif
-$(EDITOR_DIR)$(EDITOR_AR): $(patsubst %,$(EDITOR_DIR)%, $(EDITOR-y))
+EDITOR_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %.o,$(srcdir)/%.c,$(EDITORS-y))
-        $(do_ar)
+EDITOR_SRC-a:=$(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.c)
+APPLET_SRC-y+=$(EDITOR_SRC-y)
+APPLET_SRC-a+=$(EDITOR_SRC-a)
+editors_OBJ:=  $(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%,$(EDITORS-y))
-$(EDITOR_DIR)%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
-        $(compile.c)
diff --git a/findutils/Makefile.in b/findutils/Makefile.in
index 25a2d38d3..d268f987d 100644
--- a/findutils/Makefile.in
+++ b/findutils/Makefile.in
@@ -4,28 +4,17 @@
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
-FINDUTILS_AR:=findutils.a
-ifndef $(FINDUTILS_DIR)
-FINDUTILS_DIR:=$(top_builddir)/findutils/
-endif
 srcdir=$(top_srcdir)/findutils
+objdir=$(top_builddir)/findutils
-FINDUTILS-y:=
 FINDUTILS-$(CONFIG_FIND)        += find.o
 FINDUTILS-$(CONFIG_GREP)        += grep.o
 FINDUTILS-$(CONFIG_XARGS)       += xargs.o
-ifneq ($(strip $(FINDUTILS-y)),)
-libraries-y+=$(FINDUTILS_DIR)$(FINDUTILS_AR)
-endif
 FINDUTILS_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %.o,$(srcdir)/%.c,$(FINDUTILS-y))
 FINDUTILS_SRC-a:=$(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.c)
 APPLET_SRC-y+=$(FINDUTILS_SRC-y)
 APPLET_SRC-a+=$(FINDUTILS_SRC-a)
-$(FINDUTILS_DIR)$(FINDUTILS_AR): $(patsubst %,$(FINDUTILS_DIR)%, $(FINDUTILS-y))
+findutils_OBJ:=  $(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%,$(FINDUTILS-y))
-        $(do_ar)
-$(FINDUTILS_DIR)%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
-        $(compile.c)
diff --git a/init/Makefile.in b/init/Makefile.in
index a48ead446..a07c2189b 100644
--- a/init/Makefile.in
+++ b/init/Makefile.in
@@ -4,13 +4,9 @@
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
-INIT_AR:=init.a
-ifndef $(INIT_DIR)
-INIT_DIR:=$(top_builddir)/init/
-endif
 srcdir=$(top_srcdir)/init
+objdir=$(top_builddir)/init
-INIT-y:=
 INIT-$(CONFIG_HALT)                     += halt.o
 INIT-$(CONFIG_INIT)                     += init.o
 INIT-$(CONFIG_MESG)                     += mesg.o
@@ -27,17 +23,10 @@ endif
 INIT-$(CONFIG_INIT_SHARED)        += init_shared.o
-ifneq ($(strip $(INIT-y)),)
-libraries-y+=$(INIT_DIR)$(INIT_AR)
-endif
 INIT_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %.o,$(srcdir)/%.c,$(INIT-y))
 INIT_SRC-a:=$(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.c)
 APPLET_SRC-y+=$(INIT_SRC-y)
 APPLET_SRC-a+=$(INIT_SRC-a)
-$(INIT_DIR)$(INIT_AR): $(patsubst %,$(INIT_DIR)%, $(INIT-y))
+init_OBJ:=  $(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%,$(INIT-y))
-        $(do_ar)
-$(INIT_DIR)%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
-        $(compile.c)
diff --git a/libbb/Makefile.in b/libbb/Makefile.in
index 51a162e3d..3828a42db 100644
--- a/libbb/Makefile.in
+++ b/libbb/Makefile.in
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
-ifndef $(LIBBB_DIR)
-LIBBB_DIR:=$(top_builddir)/libbb
-endif
 srcdir=$(top_srcdir)/libbb
+objdir=$(top_builddir)/libbb
 LIBBB-n:=
 LIBBB-y:= \
@@ -20,7 +18,7 @@ LIBBB-y:= \
        herror_msg.c herror_msg_and_die.c \
        human_readable.c inet_common.c inode_hash.c isdirectory.c \
        kernel_version.c last_char_is.c login.c loop.c \
-        make_directory.c md5.c mode_string.c mtab.c mtab_file.c \
+        make_directory.c md5.c mode_string.c mtab_file.c \
        obscure.c parse_mode.c parse_number.c perror_msg.c \
        perror_msg_and_die.c print_file.c get_console.c \
        process_escape_sequence.c procps.c qmodule.c \
@@ -47,81 +45,76 @@ LIBBB-$(CONFIG_SU)+= correct_password.c
 LIBBB-$(CONFIG_LOGIN)+= correct_password.c
-LIBBB-y:=$(patsubst %,$(srcdir)/%,$(LIBBB-y))
+LIBBB-y:=$(patsubst %,$(srcdir)/%,$(LIBBB-y) $(LIBBB-m))
 # 1:N objects
 LIBBB_MSRC0:=$(srcdir)/messages.c
-LIBBB_MOBJ0:=full_version.o \
+LIBBB_M0:=full_version \
-        memory_exhausted.o invalid_date.o io_error.o \
+        memory_exhausted invalid_date io_error \
-        read_error.o write_error.o name_longer_than_foo.o unknown.o \
+        read_error write_error name_longer_than_foo unknown \
-        can_not_create_raw_socket.o perm_denied_are_you_root.o \
+        can_not_create_raw_socket perm_denied_are_you_root \
-        shadow_file.o passwd_file.o group_file.o gshadow_file.o nologin_file.o \
+        shadow_file passwd_file group_file gshadow_file nologin_file \
-        securetty_file.o motd_file.o \
+        securetty_file motd_file \
-        msg_standard_input.o msg_standard_output.o shell_file.o \
+        msg_standard_input msg_standard_output shell_file \
-        bb_dev_null.o bb_common_bufsiz1.o
+        bb_dev_null bb_common_bufsiz1
-LIBBB_MOBJ0:=$(patsubst %,$(LIBBB_DIR)/%, $(LIBBB_MOBJ0))
+LIBBB_MOBJ0:=$(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%$(om),$(LIBBB_M0))
 $(LIBBB_MOBJ0):$(LIBBB_MSRC0)
-        $(compile.c) -DL_$(notdir $*)
 LIBBB_MSRC1:=$(srcdir)/xfuncs.c
-LIBBB_MOBJ1:=xmalloc.o xrealloc.o xcalloc.o xstrdup.o xstrndup.o \
+LIBBB_M1:=xmalloc xrealloc xcalloc xstrdup xstrndup \
-        xfopen.o xopen.o xread.o xread_all.o xread_char.o \
+        xfopen xopen xread xread_all xread_char \
-        xferror.o xferror_stdout.o xfflush_stdout.o strlen.o
+        xferror xferror_stdout xfflush_stdout strlen
-LIBBB_MOBJ1:=$(patsubst %,$(LIBBB_DIR)/%, $(LIBBB_MOBJ1))
+LIBBB_MOBJ1:=$(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%$(om),$(LIBBB_M1))
 $(LIBBB_MOBJ1):$(LIBBB_MSRC1)
-        $(compile.c) -DL_$(notdir $*)
 LIBBB_MSRC2:=$(srcdir)/printf.c
-LIBBB_MOBJ2:=bb_vfprintf.o bb_vprintf.o bb_fprintf.o bb_printf.o
+LIBBB_M2:=bb_vfprintf bb_vprintf bb_fprintf bb_printf
-LIBBB_MOBJ2:=$(patsubst %,$(LIBBB_DIR)/%, $(LIBBB_MOBJ2))
+LIBBB_MOBJ2:=$(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%$(om),$(LIBBB_M2))
 $(LIBBB_MOBJ2):$(LIBBB_MSRC2)
-        $(compile.c) -DL_$(notdir $*)
 LIBBB_MSRC3:=$(srcdir)/xgetularg.c
-LIBBB_MOBJ3:=xgetularg_bnd_sfx.o xgetlarg_bnd_sfx.o getlarg10_sfx.o \
+LIBBB_M3:=xgetularg_bnd_sfx xgetlarg_bnd_sfx getlarg10_sfx \
-        xgetularg_bnd.o xgetularg10_bnd.o xgetularg10.o
+        xgetularg_bnd xgetularg10_bnd xgetularg10
-LIBBB_MOBJ3:=$(patsubst %,$(LIBBB_DIR)/%, $(LIBBB_MOBJ3))
+LIBBB_MOBJ3:=$(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%$(om),$(LIBBB_M3))
 $(LIBBB_MOBJ3):$(LIBBB_MSRC3)
-        $(compile.c) -DL_$(notdir $*)
 LIBBB_MSRC4:=$(srcdir)/safe_strtol.c
-LIBBB_MOBJ4:=safe_strtoi.o safe_strtod.o safe_strtol.o safe_strtoul.o
+LIBBB_M4:=safe_strtoi safe_strtod safe_strtol safe_strtoul
-LIBBB_MOBJ4:=$(patsubst %,$(LIBBB_DIR)/%, $(LIBBB_MOBJ4))
+LIBBB_MOBJ4:=$(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%$(om),$(LIBBB_M4))
 $(LIBBB_MOBJ4):$(LIBBB_MSRC4)
-        $(compile.c) -DL_$(notdir $*)
 LIBBB_MSRC5:=$(srcdir)/bb_pwd.c
-LIBBB_MOBJ5:=bb_xgetpwnam.o bb_xgetgrnam.o bb_getgrgid.o bb_getpwuid.o \
+LIBBB_M5:=bb_xgetpwnam bb_xgetgrnam bb_getgrgid bb_getpwuid \
-        bb_getug.o get_ug_id.o
+        bb_getug get_ug_id
-LIBBB_MOBJ5:=$(patsubst %,$(LIBBB_DIR)/%, $(LIBBB_MOBJ5))
+LIBBB_MOBJ5:=$(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%$(om),$(LIBBB_M5))
 $(LIBBB_MOBJ5):$(LIBBB_MSRC5)
-        $(compile.c) -DL_$(notdir $*)
 LIBBB_MSRC6:=$(srcdir)/llist.c
-LIBBB_MOBJ6:=llist_add_to.o llist_add_to_end.o llist_free_one.o llist_free.o
+LIBBB_M6:=llist_add_to llist_add_to_end llist_free_one llist_free
-LIBBB_MOBJ6:=$(patsubst %,$(LIBBB_DIR)/%, $(LIBBB_MOBJ6))
+LIBBB_MOBJ6:=$(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%$(om),$(LIBBB_M6))
 $(LIBBB_MOBJ6):$(LIBBB_MSRC6)
-        $(compile.c) -DL_$(notdir $*)
 # We need the names of the object files built from MSRC for the L_ defines
-LIBBB_ALL_MOBJ:=$(LIBBB_MOBJ0) $(LIBBB_MOBJ1) $(LIBBB_MOBJ2) $(LIBBB_MOBJ3) $(LIBBB_MOBJ4) $(LIBBB_MOBJ5) $(LIBBB_MOBJ6)
+LIBBB_ALL_MDEFS:=$(LIBBB_M0) $(LIBBB_M1) $(LIBBB_M2) $(LIBBB_M3) $(LIBBB_M4) $(LIBBB_M5) $(LIBBB_M6)
+# All multi objects
+libbb_MOBJ$(os):=$(LIBBB_MOBJ0) $(LIBBB_MOBJ1) $(LIBBB_MOBJ2) $(LIBBB_MOBJ3) $(LIBBB_MOBJ4) $(LIBBB_MOBJ5) $(LIBBB_MOBJ6)
 LIBBB_ALL_MSRC:=$(LIBBB_MSRC0) $(LIBBB_MSRC1) $(LIBBB_MSRC2) $(LIBBB_MSRC3) \
        $(LIBBB_MSRC4) $(LIBBB_MSRC5) $(LIBBB_MSRC6)
-LIBBB-y:=$(sort $(LIBBB-y) $(LIBBB_ALL_MSRC))
+LIBBB-y:=$(sort $(LIBBB-y))
-LIBBB_AR:=$(LIBBB_DIR)/libbb.a
-libraries-y+=$(LIBBB_AR)
 needcrypt-y:=
 ifneq ($(findstring $(srcdir)/pw_encrypt.c,$(LIBBB-y)),)
 needcrypt-y:=y
-else
+endif
 ifneq ($(findstring $(srcdir)/correct_password.c,$(LIBBB-y)),)
 needcrypt-y:=y
 endif
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_FEATURE_FULL_LIBBUSYBOX),y)
+needcrypt-y:=y
 endif
 ifeq ($(needcrypt-y),y)
@@ -129,18 +122,27 @@ ifeq ($(needcrypt-y),y)
 endif
 # all 1:1 objects
-LIBBB_OBJS:=$(patsubst $(srcdir)/%.c,$(LIBBB_DIR)/%.o, $(LIBBB-y))
+libbb_OBJ$(os):=$(patsubst $(srcdir)/%.c,$(objdir)/%$(os),$(LIBBB-y))
-$(LIBBB_DIR)/%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
-        $(compile.c)
+LIBBB_SRC-y:=$(sort $(LIBBB-y) $(LIBBB_ALL_MSRC))
 LIBBB_SRC-a:=$(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.c)
-LIBRARY_SRC-y+=$(LIBBB-y)
+LIBRARY_SRC-y+=$(LIBBB_SRC-y)
 LIBRARY_SRC-a+=$(LIBBB_SRC-a)
 # all defines needed for 1:N objects
-LIBBB_DEFINE-y:=$(patsubst %,-DL_%,$(subst .o,,$(notdir $(LIBBB_ALL_MOBJ))))
+LIBBB_DEFINE-y:=$(patsubst %,-DL_%,$(LIBBB_ALL_MDEFS))
 LIBRARY_DEFINE-y+=$(LIBBB_DEFINE-y)
 LIBRARY_DEFINE-a+=$(LIBBB_DEFINE-y)
-$(LIBBB_AR): $(LIBBB_OBJS) $(LIBBB_ALL_MOBJ)
+ifeq ($(om),.osm)
-        $(do_ar)
+# XXX FIXME:
+# also create a pattern for the non-shared case
+$(LIBBB_MOBJ0:.osm=.om): $(LIBBB_MSRC0)
+$(LIBBB_MOBJ1:.osm=.om): $(LIBBB_MSRC1)
+$(LIBBB_MOBJ2:.osm=.om): $(LIBBB_MSRC2)
+$(LIBBB_MOBJ3:.osm=.om): $(LIBBB_MSRC3)
+$(LIBBB_MOBJ4:.osm=.om): $(LIBBB_MSRC4)
+$(LIBBB_MOBJ5:.osm=.om): $(LIBBB_MSRC5)
+$(LIBBB_MOBJ6:.osm=.om): $(LIBBB_MSRC6)
+endif
diff --git a/libpwdgrp/Makefile.in b/libpwdgrp/Makefile.in
index c74a768c1..93c4634a2 100644
--- a/libpwdgrp/Makefile.in
+++ b/libpwdgrp/Makefile.in
@@ -4,35 +4,28 @@
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
-LIBPWDGRP_AR:=libpwdgrp.a
-ifndef $(LIBPWDGRP_DIR)
-LIBPWDGRP_DIR:=$(top_builddir)/libpwdgrp
-endif
 srcdir=$(top_srcdir)/libpwdgrp
+objdir=$(top_builddir)/libpwdgrp
-LIBPWDGRP-obj:=$(LIBPWDGRP_DIR)/$(LIBPWDGRP_AR)
-LIBPWDGRP-pic:=$(LIBPWDGRP_DIR)/$(subst .a,-pic.o,$(LIBPWDGRP_AR))
-libraries-y+=$(LIBPWDGRP_DIR)/$(LIBPWDGRP_AR)
-libraries-m+=$(LIBPWDGRP-multi-pic)
 LIBPWDGRP_MSRC0:=$(srcdir)/pwd_grp.c
-LIBPWDGRP_MOBJ0-$(CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP):= fgetpwent_r.o fgetgrent_r.o \
+LIBPWDGRP_M0-$(CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP):= fgetpwent_r fgetgrent_r \
-        fgetpwent.o fgetgrent.o getpwnam_r.o getgrnam_r.o getpwuid_r.o \
+        fgetpwent fgetgrent getpwnam_r getgrnam_r getpwuid_r \
-        getgrgid_r.o getpwuid.o getgrgid.o getpwnam.o getgrnam.o getpw.o \
+        getgrgid_r getpwuid getgrgid getpwnam getgrnam getpw \
-        getpwent_r.o getgrent_r.o getpwent.o getgrent.o \
+        getpwent_r getgrent_r getpwent getgrent \
-        initgroups.o putpwent.o putgrent.o
+        initgroups putpwent putgrent
-LIBPWDGRP_MOBJS0=$(patsubst %,$(LIBPWDGRP_DIR)/%, $(LIBPWDGRP_MOBJ0-y))
+LIBPWDGRP_MOBJ0=$(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%$(om),$(LIBPWDGRP_M0-y))
+$(LIBPWDGRP_MOBJ0): $(LIBPWDGRP_MSRC0)
 LIBPWDGRP_MSRC1:=$(srcdir)/pwd_grp.c
-LIBPWDGRP_MOBJ1-$(CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP):= __parsepwent.o __parsegrent.o \
+LIBPWDGRP_M1-$(CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP):= __parsepwent __parsegrent \
-        __pgsreader.o fgetspent_r.o fgetspent.o sgetspent_r.o getspnam_r.o \
+        __pgsreader fgetspent_r fgetspent sgetspent_r getspnam_r \
-        getspnam.o getspent_r.o getspent.o sgetspent.o \
+        getspnam getspent_r getspent sgetspent \
-        putspent.o __parsespent.o # getspuid_r.o getspuid.o
+        putspent __parsespent # getspuid_r getspuid
-LIBPWDGRP_MOBJS1=$(patsubst %,$(LIBPWDGRP_DIR)/%, $(LIBPWDGRP_MOBJ1-y))
+LIBPWDGRP_MOBJ1=$(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%$(om),$(LIBPWDGRP_M1-y))
+$(LIBPWDGRP_MOBJ1): $(LIBPWDGRP_MSRC1)
-LIBPWDGRP_DEFINE0-y:=$(patsubst %,-DL_%,$(subst .o,,$(notdir $(LIBPWDGRP_MOBJS0))))
+LIBPWDGRP_DEFINE0-y:=$(patsubst %,-DL_%,$(LIBPWDGRP_M0-y))
-LIBPWDGRP_DEFINE1-y:=$(patsubst %,-DL_%,$(subst .o,,$(notdir $(LIBPWDGRP_MOBJS1))))
+LIBPWDGRP_DEFINE1-y:=$(patsubst %,-DL_%,$(LIBPWDGRP_M1-y))
 LIBPWDGRP_SRC-y:=$(LIBPWDGRP_MSRC0)
@@ -42,12 +35,11 @@ LIBRARY_SRC-a+=$(LIBPWDGRP_SRC-y)
 LIBRARY_DEFINE-y+=$(LIBPWDGRP_DEFINE0-y) $(LIBPWDGRP_DEFINE1-y)
 LIBRARY_DEFINE-a+=$(LIBPWDGRP_DEFINE0-y) $(LIBPWDGRP_DEFINE1-y)
+libpwdgrp_MOBJ$(os):=$(LIBPWDGRP_MOBJ0) $(LIBPWDGRP_MOBJ1)
-$(LIBPWDGRP_DIR)/$(LIBPWDGRP_AR): $(LIBPWDGRP_MOBJS0) $(LIBPWDGRP_MOBJS1)
+ifeq ($(om),.osm)
-        $(do_ar)
+# XXX FIXME:
+# also create a pattern for the non-shared case
-$(LIBPWDGRP_MOBJS0): $(LIBPWDGRP_MSRC0)
+$(LIBPWDGRP_MOBJ0:.osm=.om): $(LIBPWDGRP_MSRC0)
-        $(compile.c) -DL_$(notdir $*)
+$(LIBPWDGRP_MOBJ1:.osm=.om): $(LIBPWDGRP_MSRC1)
+endif
-$(LIBPWDGRP_MOBJS1): $(LIBPWDGRP_MSRC1)
-        $(compile.c) -DL_$(notdir $*)
diff --git a/loginutils/Makefile.in b/loginutils/Makefile.in
index c11bbfc03..f09b6d2a6 100644
--- a/loginutils/Makefile.in
+++ b/loginutils/Makefile.in
@@ -4,13 +4,9 @@
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
-LOGINUTILS_AR:=loginutils.a
-ifndef LOGINUTILS_DIR
-LOGINUTILS_DIR:=$(top_builddir)/loginutils/
-endif
 srcdir=$(top_srcdir)/loginutils
+objdir=$(top_builddir)/loginutils
-LOGINUTILS-y:=
 LOGINUTILS-$(CONFIG_ADDGROUP)   += addgroup.o
 LOGINUTILS-$(CONFIG_ADDUSER)    += adduser.o
 LOGINUTILS-$(CONFIG_GETTY)      += getty.o
@@ -22,9 +18,6 @@ LOGINUTILS-$(CONFIG_VLOCK)	+= vlock.o
 LOGINUTILS-$(CONFIG_DELUSER)    += deluser.o
 LOGINUTILS-$(CONFIG_DELGROUP)   += delgroup.o
-ifneq ($(strip $(LOGINUTILS-y)),)
-libraries-y+=$(LOGINUTILS_DIR)$(LOGINUTILS_AR)
-endif
 LOGINUTILS_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %.o,$(srcdir)/%.c,$(LOGINUTILS-y))
 LOGINUTILS_SRC-a:=$(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.c)
@@ -37,14 +30,12 @@ needcrypt-$(CONFIG_PASSWD)	:= y
 needcrypt-$(CONFIG_SU)          := y
 needcrypt-$(CONFIG_SULOGIN)     := y
 needcrypt-$(CONFIG_VLOCK)       := y
+ifeq ($(needcrypt-m),y)
+needcrypt-y:=y
+endif
 ifeq ($(needcrypt-y),y)
  LIBRARIES := -lcrypt $(filter-out -lcrypt,$(LIBRARIES))
 endif
-$(LOGINUTILS_DIR)$(LOGINUTILS_AR): $(patsubst %,$(LOGINUTILS_DIR)%, $(LOGINUTILS-y))
+loginutils_OBJ:=  $(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%,$(LOGINUTILS-y))
-        $(do_ar)
-$(LOGINUTILS_DIR)%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
-        $(compile.c)
diff --git a/miscutils/Makefile.in b/miscutils/Makefile.in
index a0b6b7233..e431f48ef 100644
--- a/miscutils/Makefile.in
+++ b/miscutils/Makefile.in
@@ -4,13 +4,9 @@
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
-MISCUTILS_AR:=miscutils.a
-ifndef $(MISCUTILS_DIR)
-MISCUTILS_DIR:=$(top_builddir)/miscutils/
-endif
 srcdir=$(top_srcdir)/miscutils
+objdir=$(top_builddir)/miscutils
-MISCUTILS-y:=
 MISCUTILS-$(CONFIG_ADJTIMEX)    += adjtimex.o
 MISCUTILS-$(CONFIG_CROND)       += crond.o
 MISCUTILS-$(CONFIG_CRONTAB)     += crontab.o
@@ -31,8 +27,13 @@ MISCUTILS-$(CONFIG_STRINGS)     += strings.o
 MISCUTILS-$(CONFIG_TIME)        += time.o
 MISCUTILS-$(CONFIG_WATCHDOG)    += watchdog.o
-ifneq ($(strip $(MISCUTILS-y)),)
+needlibm-y:=
-libraries-y+=$(MISCUTILS_DIR)$(MISCUTILS_AR)
+needlibm-$(CONFIG_DC) := y
+ifeq ($(needlibm-m),y)
+needlibm-y:=y
+endif
+ifeq ($(needlibm-y),y)
+  LIBRARIES := $(filter-out -lm,$(LIBRARIES)) -lm
 endif
 MISCUTILS_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %.o,$(srcdir)/%.c,$(MISCUTILS-y))
@@ -40,15 +41,5 @@ MISCUTILS_SRC-a:=$(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.c)
 APPLET_SRC-y+=$(MISCUTILS_SRC-y)
 APPLET_SRC-a+=$(MISCUTILS_SRC-a)
-needlibm-y:=
+miscutils_OBJ:=  $(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%,$(MISCUTILS-y))
-needlibm-$(CONFIG_DC) := y
-ifeq ($(needlibm-y),y)
-  LIBRARIES := -lm $(filter-out -lm,$(LIBRARIES))
-endif
-$(MISCUTILS_DIR)$(MISCUTILS_AR): $(patsubst %,$(MISCUTILS_DIR)%, $(MISCUTILS-y))
-        $(do_ar)
-$(MISCUTILS_DIR)%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
-        $(compile.c)
diff --git a/modutils/Makefile.in b/modutils/Makefile.in
index 5c7c9238e..fc7e4ff8e 100644
--- a/modutils/Makefile.in
+++ b/modutils/Makefile.in
@@ -4,29 +4,18 @@
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
-MODUTILS_AR:=modutils.a
-ifndef $(MODUTILS_DIR)
-MODUTILS_DIR:=$(top_builddir)/modutils/
-endif
 srcdir=$(top_srcdir)/modutils
+objdir=$(top_builddir)/modutils
-MODUTILS-y:=
 MODUTILS-$(CONFIG_INSMOD)               += insmod.o
 MODUTILS-$(CONFIG_LSMOD)                += lsmod.o
 MODUTILS-$(CONFIG_MODPROBE)             += modprobe.o
 MODUTILS-$(CONFIG_RMMOD)                += rmmod.o
-ifneq ($(strip $(MODUTILS-y)),)
-libraries-y+=$(MODUTILS_DIR)$(MODUTILS_AR)
-endif
 MODUTILS_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %.o,$(srcdir)/%.c,$(MODUTILS-y))
 MODUTILS_SRC-a:=$(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.c)
 APPLET_SRC-y+=$(MODUTILS_SRC-y)
 APPLET_SRC-a+=$(MODUTILS_SRC-a)
-$(MODUTILS_DIR)$(MODUTILS_AR): $(patsubst %,$(MODUTILS_DIR)%, $(MODUTILS-y))
+modutils_OBJ:=  $(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%,$(MODUTILS-y))
-        $(do_ar)
-$(MODUTILS_DIR)%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
-        $(compile.c)
diff --git a/networking/Makefile.in b/networking/Makefile.in
index 650fc1a4a..0f607eb80 100644
--- a/networking/Makefile.in
+++ b/networking/Makefile.in
@@ -4,13 +4,9 @@
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
-NETWORKING_AR:=networking.a
-ifndef $(NETWORKING_DIR)
-NETWORKING_DIR:=$(top_builddir)/networking/
-endif
 srcdir=$(top_srcdir)/networking
+objdir=$(top_builddir)/networking
-NETWORKING-y:=
 NETWORKING-$(CONFIG_ARPING)       += arping.o
 NETWORKING-$(CONFIG_DNSD)         += dnsd.o
 NETWORKING-$(CONFIG_ETHER_WAKE)   += ether-wake.o
@@ -44,8 +40,15 @@ NETWORKING-$(CONFIG_WGET)         += wget.o
 NETWORKING-$(CONFIG_ZCIP)         += zcip.o
 NETWORKING-y:=$(sort $(NETWORKING-y))
-ifneq ($(strip $(NETWORKING-y)),)
+NETWORKING-m:=$(sort $(NETWORKING-m))
-libraries-y+=$(NETWORKING_DIR)$(NETWORKING_AR)
+needcrypt-y:=
+needcrypt-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_AUTH_MD5) := y
+ifeq ($(needcrypt-m),y)
+needcrypt-y:=y
+endif
+ifeq ($(needcrypt-y),y)
+        LIBRARIES := -lcrypt $(filter-out -lcrypt,$(LIBRARIES))
 endif
 NETWORKING_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %.o,$(srcdir)/%.c,$(NETWORKING-y))
@@ -56,15 +59,5 @@ APPLET_SRC-a+=$(NETWORKING_SRC-a)
 LIBRARY_DEFINE-y+= -I$(top_srcdir)/networking
 LIBRARY_DEFINE-a+= -I$(top_srcdir)/networking
-needcrypt-y:=
+networking_OBJ:=  $(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%,$(NETWORKING-y))
-needcrypt-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_AUTH_MD5) := y
-ifeq ($(needcrypt-y),y)
-        LIBRARIES := -lcrypt $(filter-out -lcrypt,$(LIBRARIES))
-endif
-$(NETWORKING_DIR)$(NETWORKING_AR): $(patsubst %,$(NETWORKING_DIR)%, $(NETWORKING-y))
-        $(do_ar)
-$(NETWORKING_DIR)%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
-        $(compile.c)
diff --git a/networking/libiproute/Makefile.in b/networking/libiproute/Makefile.in
index 6b7bd900c..99fa22e9d 100644
--- a/networking/libiproute/Makefile.in
+++ b/networking/libiproute/Makefile.in
@@ -5,88 +5,66 @@
 # Licensed under the GPL v2 or later, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
 #
-LIBIPROUTE_AR:=libiproute.a
-ifndef $(LIBIPROUTE_DIR)
-LIBIPROUTE_DIR:=$(top_builddir)/networking/libiproute
-endif
 srcdir=$(top_srcdir)/networking/libiproute
+objdir=$(top_builddir)/networking/libiproute
-LIBIPROUTE-y:=
 LIBIPROUTE-$(CONFIG_IP) += \
-        ip_parse_common_args.o \
+        ip_parse_common_args \
-        ipaddress.o \
+        ipaddress \
-        iplink.o \
+        iplink \
-        iproute.o \
+        iproute \
-        iptunnel.o \
+        iptunnel \
-        libnetlink.o \
+        libnetlink \
-        ll_addr.o \
+        ll_addr \
-        ll_map.o \
+        ll_map \
-        ll_proto.o \
+        ll_proto \
-        ll_types.o \
+        ll_types \
-        rt_names.o \
+        rt_names \
-        rtm_map.o \
+        rtm_map \
-        utils.o
+        utils
 LIBIPROUTE-$(CONFIG_IPADDR) += \
-        ip_parse_common_args.o \
+        ip_parse_common_args \
-        ipaddress.o \
+        ipaddress \
-        libnetlink.o \
+        libnetlink \
-        ll_addr.o \
+        ll_addr \
-        ll_map.o \
+        ll_map \
-        ll_types.o \
+        ll_types \
-        rt_names.o \
+        rt_names \
-        utils.o
+        utils
 LIBIPROUTE-$(CONFIG_IPLINK) += \
-        ip_parse_common_args.o \
+        ip_parse_common_args \
-        ipaddress.o \
+        ipaddress \
-        iplink.o \
+        iplink \
-        libnetlink.o \
+        libnetlink \
-        ll_addr.o \
+        ll_addr \
-        ll_map.o \
+        ll_map \
-        ll_types.o \
+        ll_types \
-        rt_names.o \
+        rt_names \
-        utils.o
+        utils
 LIBIPROUTE-$(CONFIG_IPROUTE) += \
-        ip_parse_common_args.o \
+        ip_parse_common_args \
-        iproute.o \
+        iproute \
-        libnetlink.o \
+        libnetlink \
-        ll_map.o \
+        ll_map \
-        rt_names.o \
+        rt_names \
-        rtm_map.o \
+        rtm_map \
-        utils.o
+        utils
 LIBIPROUTE-$(CONFIG_IPTUNNEL) += \
-        ip_parse_common_args.o \
+        ip_parse_common_args \
-        iptunnel.o \
+        iptunnel \
-        rt_names.o \
+        rt_names \
-        utils.o
+        utils
 LIBIPROUTE-y:=$(sort $(LIBIPROUTE-y))
-LIBIPROUTE_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %,$(srcdir)/%,$(subst .o,.c,$(LIBIPROUTE-y)))
+LIBIPROUTE_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %,$(srcdir)/%.c,$(LIBIPROUTE-y))
 LIBIPROUTE_SRC-a:=$(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.c)
 LIBRARY_SRC-y+=$(LIBIPROUTE_SRC-y)
 LIBRARY_SRC-a+=$(LIBIPROUTE_SRC-a)
-LIBIPROUTE-obj:=$(LIBIPROUTE_DIR)/$(LIBIPROUTE_AR)
+networking_libiproute_OBJ$(os):=$(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%$(os),$(LIBIPROUTE-y))
-# We do not need to build an empty non-pic object/archive
-ifneq ($(strip $(LIBIPROUTE-y)),)
-libraries-y+=$(LIBIPROUTE_DIR)/$(LIBIPROUTE_AR)
-endif
-# If we are building libbusybox.so _and_ we will use it ourselves then we
-# keep it as small as possible
-ifeq ($(strip $(CONFIG_FEATURE_SHARED_BUSYBOX)),y)
-ifneq ($(strip $(LIBIPROUTE-y)),)
-libraries-m+=$(LIBIPROUTE-multi-pic)
-endif
-endif
-$(LIBIPROUTE_DIR)/$(LIBIPROUTE_AR): $(patsubst %,$(LIBIPROUTE_DIR)/%,$(LIBIPROUTE-y))
-        $(do_ar)
-$(LIBIPROUTE_DIR)/%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
-        $(compile.c)
diff --git a/networking/udhcp/Makefile.in b/networking/udhcp/Makefile.in
index df32247c6..ca00b647d 100644
--- a/networking/udhcp/Makefile.in
+++ b/networking/udhcp/Makefile.in
@@ -3,13 +3,9 @@
 # Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2 or later, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
-#
-UDHCP_AR:=udhcp.a
-ifndef $(UDHCP_DIR)
-UDHCP_DIR:=$(top_builddir)/networking/udhcp/
-endif
 srcdir=$(top_srcdir)/networking/udhcp
+objdir=$(top_builddir)/networking/udhcp
 #ok, so I forgot how to do an or, but this is a quick and dirty hack
 ifeq ($(strip $(CONFIG_UDHCPC)),y)
@@ -22,32 +18,73 @@ CONFIG_UDHCP_SHARED=n
 endif
 endif
-UDHCP-y:=
+UDHCP__SHARED_FILES:=common.c options.c packet.c pidfile.c signalpipe.c socket.c
-UDHCP-$(CONFIG_UDHCP_SHARED)    += common.c options.c packet.c pidfile.c \
+UDHCP__UDHCPC_FILES:=dhcpc.c clientpacket.c clientsocket.c script.c
-                                   signalpipe.c socket.c
+UDHCP__UDHCPD_FILES:=dhcpd.c arpping.c files.c leases.c serverpacket.c \
-UDHCP-$(CONFIG_UDHCPC)          += dhcpc.c clientpacket.c clientsocket.c \
+                static_leases.c
-                                   script.c
+UDHCP__DUMPLEASES_FILES:=dumpleases.c
-UDHCP-$(CONFIG_UDHCPD)          += dhcpd.c arpping.c files.c leases.c \
-                                   serverpacket.c static_leases.c
+UDHCP-$(CONFIG_UDHCP_SHARED)    += $(UDHCP__SHARED_FILES)
-UDHCP-$(CONFIG_DUMPLEASES)      += dumpleases.c
+UDHCP-$(CONFIG_UDHCPC)          += $(UDHCP__UDHCPC_FILES)
-UDHCP_OBJS:=$(patsubst %.c,$(UDHCP_DIR)%.o, $(UDHCP-y))
+UDHCP-$(CONFIG_UDHCPD)          += $(UDHCP__UDHCPD_FILES)
+UDHCP-$(CONFIG_DUMPLEASES)      += $(UDHCP__DUMPLEASES_FILES)
-ifneq ($(strip $(UDHCP-y)),)
-libraries-y+=$(UDHCP_DIR)$(UDHCP_AR)
-endif
-UDHCP-y:=$(patsubst %,$(srcdir)/%,$(UDHCP-y))
+UDHCP_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %,$(srcdir)/%,$(UDHCP-y))
-UDHCP-a:=$(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.c)
+UDHCP_SRC-a:=$(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.c)
-APPLET_SRC-y+=$(UDHCP-y)
+APPLET_SRC-y+=$(UDHCP_SRC-y)
-APPLET_SRC-a+=$(UDHCP-a)
+APPLET_SRC-a+=$(UDHCP_SRC-a)
 UDHCP_INCLUDES:=$(srcdir)
-APPLETS_DEFINE-y+=-DIN_BUSYBOX -I$(UDHCP_INCLUDES)
+#APPLETS_DEFINE-y+= -I$(UDHCP_INCLUDES) -DIN_BUSYBOX
-APPLETS_DEFINE-a+=-DIN_BUSYBOX -I$(UDHCP_INCLUDES)
+#APPLETS_DEFINE-a+= -I$(UDHCP_INCLUDES) -DIN_BUSYBOX
+CFLAGS-udhcp:= -I$(UDHCP_INCLUDES)
+# bug in make-3.80 prevents this:
+#define udhcp__flags
+#CFLAGS-udhcp-$(1):=-DIN_BUSYBOX
+#endef
+#
+#ifeq ($(CONFIG_UDHCP_SHARED),y)
+#$(foreach f,$(UDHCP__SHARED_FILES),$(eval $(call udhcp__flags,$(f))))
+#endif
+#ifeq ($(CONFIG_UDHCPC),y)
+#$(foreach f,$(UDHCP__UDHCPC_FILES),$(eval $(call udhcp__flags,$(f))))
+#endif
+#ifeq ($(CONFIG_UDHCPD),y)
+#$(foreach f,$(UDHCP__UDHCPD_FILES),$(eval $(call udhcp__flags,$(f))))
+#endif
+#ifeq ($(CONFIG_DUMPLEASES),y)
+#$(foreach f,$(UDHCP__DUMPLEASES_FILES),$(eval $(call udhcp__flags,$(f))))
+#endif
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_UDHCP_SHARED),y)
+CFLAGS-udhcp-common.c:=-DIN_BUSYBOX
+CFLAGS-udhcp-options.c:=-DIN_BUSYBOX
+CFLAGS-udhcp-packet.c:=-DIN_BUSYBOX
+CFLAGS-udhcp-pidfile.c:=-DIN_BUSYBOX
+CFLAGS-udhcp-signalpipe.c:=-DIN_BUSYBOX
+CFLAGS-udhcp-socket.c:=-DIN_BUSYBOX
+endif
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_UDHCPC),y)
+CFLAGS-udhcp-dhcpc.c:=-DIN_BUSYBOX
+CFLAGS-udhcp-clientpacket.c:=-DIN_BUSYBOX
+CFLAGS-udhcp-clientsocket.c:=-DIN_BUSYBOX
+CFLAGS-udhcp-script.c:=-DIN_BUSYBOX
+endif
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_UDHCPD),y)
+CFLAGS-udhcp-dhcpd.c:=-DIN_BUSYBOX
+CFLAGS-udhcp-arpping.c:=-DIN_BUSYBOX
+CFLAGS-udhcp-files.c:=-DIN_BUSYBOX
+CFLAGS-udhcp-leases.c:=-DIN_BUSYBOX
+CFLAGS-udhcp-serverpacket.c:=-DIN_BUSYBOX
+CFLAGS-udhcp-static_leases.c:=-DIN_BUSYBOX
+endif
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_DUMPLEASES),y)
+CFLAGS-udhcp-dumpleases.c:=-DIN_BUSYBOX
+endif
-$(UDHCP_DIR)$(UDHCP_AR): $(UDHCP_OBJS)
+networking_udhcp_OBJ:=$(patsubst %.c,$(objdir)/%.o,$(UDHCP-y))
-        $(do_ar)
-$(UDHCP_OBJS): $(UDHCP_DIR)%.o : $(srcdir)/%.c
-        $(compile.c) -DIN_BUSYBOX
diff --git a/procps/Makefile.in b/procps/Makefile.in
index 261c49b02..32314c3c5 100644
--- a/procps/Makefile.in
+++ b/procps/Makefile.in
@@ -4,13 +4,9 @@
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
-PROCPS_AR:=procps.a
-ifndef $(PROCPS_DIR)
-PROCPS_DIR:=$(top_builddir)/procps/
-endif
 srcdir=$(top_srcdir)/procps
+objdir=$(top_builddir)/procps
-PROCPS-y:=
 PROCPS-$(CONFIG_FREE)           += free.o
 PROCPS-$(CONFIG_KILL)           += kill.o
 PROCPS-$(CONFIG_PIDOF)          += pidof.o
@@ -21,17 +17,11 @@ PROCPS-$(CONFIG_TOP)		+= top.o
 PROCPS-$(CONFIG_UPTIME)         += uptime.o
 PROCPS-$(CONFIG_FUSER)          += fuser.o
-ifneq ($(strip $(PROCPS-y)),)
-libraries-y+=$(PROCPS_DIR)$(PROCPS_AR)
-endif
 PROCPS_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %.o,$(srcdir)/%.c,$(PROCPS-y))
 PROCPS_SRC-a:=$(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.c)
 APPLET_SRC-y+=$(PROCPS_SRC-y)
 APPLET_SRC-a+=$(PROCPS_SRC-a)
-$(PROCPS_DIR)$(PROCPS_AR): $(patsubst %,$(PROCPS_DIR)%, $(PROCPS-y))
+procps_OBJ:=  $(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%,$(PROCPS-y))
-        $(do_ar)
-$(PROCPS_DIR)%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
-        $(compile.c)
diff --git a/scripts/config/Makefile b/scripts/config/Makefile
index c1cda3e2a..8983ee5f3 100644
--- a/scripts/config/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/config/Makefile
@@ -50,22 +50,20 @@ MCONF_OBJS   = $(patsubst %.c,%.o, $(MCONF_SRC) $(LXD_SRC))
 SHARED_OBJS  = $(patsubst %.c,%.o, $(SHARED_SRC))
 conf: $(CONF_OBJS) $(SHARED_OBJS)
-        $(SECHO) "  "HOSTCC $@ ; true
+        $(do_link.h)
-        $(Q)$(HOSTCC) $(NATIVE_LDFLAGS) $^ -o $@
 mconf: $(MCONF_OBJS) $(SHARED_OBJS)
-        $(SECHO) "  "HOSTCC $@ ; true
+        $(do_link.h) $(LIBS)
-        $(Q)$(HOSTCC) $(NATIVE_LDFLAGS) $^ -o $@ $(LIBS)
 $(CONF_OBJS): %.o : $(srcdir)/%.c $(SHARED_DEPS)
        $(compile.h) -I.
 $(MCONF_OBJS): %.o : $(srcdir)/%.c $(SHARED_DEPS)
-        @[ -d $(@D) ] || mkdir -v $(@D)
+        @[ -d $(@D) ] || mkdir $(@D)
        $(compile.h) $(HOSTNCURSES) -I.
 lkc_defs.h: $(srcdir)/lkc_proto.h
-        @sed < $< > $@ 's/P(\([^,]*\),.*/#define \1 (\*\1_p)/'
+        @$(SED) < $< > $@ 's/P(\([^,]*\),.*/#define \1 (\*\1_p)/'
 ###
 # The following requires flex/bison
diff --git a/shell/Makefile.in b/shell/Makefile.in
index fcd93f345..43e2acd09 100644
--- a/shell/Makefile.in
+++ b/shell/Makefile.in
@@ -4,30 +4,20 @@
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
-SHELL_AR:=shell.a
-ifndef $(SHELL_DIR)
-SHELL_DIR:=$(top_builddir)/shell/
-endif
 srcdir=$(top_srcdir)/shell
+objdir=$(top_builddir)/shell
-SHELLT-y:=
+SHELL-$(CONFIG_ASH)                             += ash.o
-SHELLT-$(CONFIG_ASH)                            += ash.o
+SHELL-$(CONFIG_HUSH)                            += hush.o
-SHELLT-$(CONFIG_HUSH)                           += hush.o
+SHELL-$(CONFIG_LASH)                            += lash.o
-SHELLT-$(CONFIG_LASH)                           += lash.o
+SHELL-$(CONFIG_MSH)                             += msh.o
-SHELLT-$(CONFIG_MSH)                            += msh.o
+SHELL-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_COMMAND_EDITING)         += cmdedit.o
-SHELLT-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_COMMAND_EDITING)        += cmdedit.o
-ifneq ($(strip $(SHELLT-y)),)
-libraries-y+=$(SHELL_DIR)$(SHELL_AR)
-endif
-SHELLT_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %.o,$(srcdir)/%.c,$(SHELLT-y))
+SHELLT_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %.o,$(srcdir)/%.c,$(SHELL-y))
 SHELLT_SRC-a:=$(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.c)
 APPLET_SRC-y+=$(SHELLT_SRC-y)
 APPLET_SRC-a+=$(SHELLT_SRC-a)
-$(SHELL_DIR)$(SHELL_AR): $(patsubst %,$(SHELL_DIR)%, $(SHELLT-y))
+shell_OBJ:=  $(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%,$(SHELL-y))
-        $(do_ar)
-$(SHELL_DIR)%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
-        $(compile.c)
diff --git a/sysklogd/Makefile.in b/sysklogd/Makefile.in
index 83f77be90..d1f274110 100644
--- a/sysklogd/Makefile.in
+++ b/sysklogd/Makefile.in
@@ -4,29 +4,19 @@
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
-SYSKLOGD_AR:=sysklogd.a
-ifndef $(SYSKLOGD_DIR)
-SYSKLOGD_DIR:=$(top_builddir)/sysklogd/
-endif
 srcdir=$(top_srcdir)/sysklogd
+objdir=$(top_builddir)/sysklogd
-SYSKLOGD-y:=
 SYSKLOGD-$(CONFIG_KLOGD)                += klogd.o
 SYSKLOGD-$(CONFIG_LOGGER)               += logger.o
 SYSKLOGD-$(CONFIG_LOGREAD)              += logread.o
 SYSKLOGD-$(CONFIG_SYSLOGD)              += syslogd.o
-ifneq ($(strip $(SYSKLOGD-y)),)
-libraries-y+=$(SYSKLOGD_DIR)$(SYSKLOGD_AR)
-endif
 SYSKLOGD_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %.o,$(srcdir)/%.c,$(SYSKLOGD-y))
 SYSKLOGD_SRC-a:=$(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.c)
 APPLET_SRC-y+=$(SYSKLOGD_SRC-y)
 APPLET_SRC-a+=$(SYSKLOGD_SRC-a)
-$(SYSKLOGD_DIR)$(SYSKLOGD_AR): $(patsubst %,$(SYSKLOGD_DIR)%, $(SYSKLOGD-y))
+sysklogd_OBJ:=  $(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%,$(SYSKLOGD-y))
-        $(do_ar)
-$(SYSKLOGD_DIR)%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
-        $(compile.c)
diff --git a/util-linux/Makefile.in b/util-linux/Makefile.in
index f6a50b7f7..031c798a0 100644
--- a/util-linux/Makefile.in
+++ b/util-linux/Makefile.in
@@ -4,62 +4,47 @@
 #
 # Licensed under the GPL v2, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
-UTILLINUX_AR:=util-linux.a
-ifndef $(UTILLINUX_DIR)
-UTILLINUX_DIR:=$(top_builddir)/util-linux/
-endif
 srcdir=$(top_srcdir)/util-linux
+objdir=$(top_builddir)/util-linux
-UTILLINUX-y:=
-UTILLINUX-$(CONFIG_DMESG)         +=dmesg.o
+UTIL-LINUX-$(CONFIG_DMESG)         +=dmesg.o
-UTILLINUX-$(CONFIG_FBSET)         +=fbset.o
+UTIL-LINUX-$(CONFIG_FBSET)         +=fbset.o
-UTILLINUX-$(CONFIG_FDFLUSH)       +=fdflush.o
+UTIL-LINUX-$(CONFIG_FDFLUSH)       +=fdflush.o
-UTILLINUX-$(CONFIG_FDFORMAT)      +=fdformat.o
+UTIL-LINUX-$(CONFIG_FDFORMAT)      +=fdformat.o
-UTILLINUX-$(CONFIG_FDISK)         +=fdisk.o
+UTIL-LINUX-$(CONFIG_FDISK)         +=fdisk.o
-UTILLINUX-$(CONFIG_FREERAMDISK)   +=freeramdisk.o
+UTIL-LINUX-$(CONFIG_FREERAMDISK)   +=freeramdisk.o
-UTILLINUX-$(CONFIG_FSCK_MINIX)    +=fsck_minix.o
+UTIL-LINUX-$(CONFIG_FSCK_MINIX)    +=fsck_minix.o
-UTILLINUX-$(CONFIG_GETOPT)        +=getopt.o
+UTIL-LINUX-$(CONFIG_GETOPT)        +=getopt.o
-UTILLINUX-$(CONFIG_HEXDUMP)       +=hexdump.o
+UTIL-LINUX-$(CONFIG_HEXDUMP)       +=hexdump.o
-UTILLINUX-$(CONFIG_HWCLOCK)       +=hwclock.o
+UTIL-LINUX-$(CONFIG_HWCLOCK)       +=hwclock.o
-UTILLINUX-$(CONFIG_IPCRM)         +=ipcrm.o
+UTIL-LINUX-$(CONFIG_IPCRM)         +=ipcrm.o
-UTILLINUX-$(CONFIG_IPCS)          +=ipcs.o
+UTIL-LINUX-$(CONFIG_IPCS)          +=ipcs.o
-UTILLINUX-$(CONFIG_LOSETUP)       +=losetup.o
+UTIL-LINUX-$(CONFIG_LOSETUP)       +=losetup.o
-UTILLINUX-$(CONFIG_MDEV)          +=mdev.o
+UTIL-LINUX-$(CONFIG_MDEV)          +=mdev.o
-UTILLINUX-$(CONFIG_MKFS_MINIX)    +=mkfs_minix.o
+UTIL-LINUX-$(CONFIG_MKFS_MINIX)    +=mkfs_minix.o
-UTILLINUX-$(CONFIG_MKSWAP)        +=mkswap.o
+UTIL-LINUX-$(CONFIG_MKSWAP)        +=mkswap.o
-UTILLINUX-$(CONFIG_MORE)          +=more.o
+UTIL-LINUX-$(CONFIG_MORE)          +=more.o
-UTILLINUX-$(CONFIG_MOUNT)         +=mount.o
+UTIL-LINUX-$(CONFIG_MOUNT)         +=mount.o
-UTILLINUX-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_NFS)   +=nfsmount.o
+UTIL-LINUX-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_NFS)  +=nfsmount.o
-UTILLINUX-$(CONFIG_PIVOT_ROOT)    +=pivot_root.o
+UTIL-LINUX-$(CONFIG_PIVOT_ROOT)    +=pivot_root.o
-UTILLINUX-$(CONFIG_RDATE)         +=rdate.o
+UTIL-LINUX-$(CONFIG_RDATE)         +=rdate.o
-UTILLINUX-$(CONFIG_READPROFILE)   +=readprofile.o
+UTIL-LINUX-$(CONFIG_READPROFILE)   +=readprofile.o
-UTILLINUX-$(CONFIG_SETARCH)       +=setarch.o
+UTIL-LINUX-$(CONFIG_SETARCH)       +=setarch.o
-UTILLINUX-$(CONFIG_SWAPONOFF)     +=swaponoff.o
+UTIL-LINUX-$(CONFIG_SWAPONOFF)     +=swaponoff.o
-UTILLINUX-$(CONFIG_SWITCH_ROOT)   +=switch_root.o
+UTIL-LINUX-$(CONFIG_SWITCH_ROOT)   +=switch_root.o
-UTILLINUX-$(CONFIG_UMOUNT)        +=umount.o
+UTIL-LINUX-$(CONFIG_UMOUNT)        +=umount.o
-ifneq ($(strip $(UTILLINUX-y)),)
-libraries-y+=$(UTILLINUX_DIR)$(UTILLINUX_AR)
+UTILLINUX_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %.o,$(srcdir)/%.c,$(UTIL-LINUX-y))
-endif
-UTILLINUX_SRC-y:=$(patsubst %.o,$(srcdir)/%.c,$(UTILLINUX-y))
 UTILLINUX_SRC-a:=$(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.c)
 APPLET_SRC-y+=$(UTILLINUX_SRC-y)
 APPLET_SRC-a+=$(UTILLINUX_SRC-a)
-$(UTILLINUX_DIR)$(UTILLINUX_AR): $(patsubst %,$(UTILLINUX_DIR)%, $(UTILLINUX-y))
-        $(do_ar)
-$(UTILLINUX_DIR)%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
-        $(compile.c)
 ifneq ($(strip $(CONFIG_LFS)),y)
 ifeq ($(strip $(FDISK_SUPPORT_LARGE_DISKS)),y)
+CFLAGS-util-linux-fdisk.c := -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
-$(UTILLINUX_DIR)fdisk.o: $(srcdir)/fdisk.c
-        $(CC) $(CFLAGS) \
-                -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 \
-                $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 endif
 endif
+util-linux_OBJ:=  $(patsubst %,$(objdir)/%,$(UTIL-LINUX-y))
author	Bernhard Reutner-Fischer <rep.dot.nop@gmail.com>	2006-03-01 22:54:48 +0000
committer	Bernhard Reutner-Fischer <rep.dot.nop@gmail.com>	2006-03-01 22:54:48 +0000
commit	5d26126b9e8fd6c6f5098dbaa2e5b9e2901749bf (patch)
tree	233c051da862595b6e473e832051708e2d9803cb
parent	12c2429a4242a157217c5bc9673a531fa1e1de61 (diff)
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