And additional wrapper that is needed for the ZDS-II build is a wrapper for the compiler and assemble. This is needed because the ZDS-II cannot control the name or location of the output of the output object file: it is always in the same directory as the source file and with the same name as the source file except with the .obj extension.
This was handled in the past with the MOVEOBJ definition which was specifically called Makefiles to move the objects to the correct position. However, now there is a new behavior: Output object files may also be named differently with added decoration in the file name. This is done in the current apps/ directory build.
There is currently some ugly implementation that includes a long sequence of Bash code to handle the moving and/or renaming. There is nothing in place for the Windows native case.
This wrapper, when complete, will clean up the Makefiles, improve build performance, and provide a solution that is portable to both the Cywin/MSYS environment as well as to the Windows native environment.
tools/zds: A new tool sub-directory intended to hold tools for making life working with the ZDS-II toolchain less painful.
tools/zds/zdsar.c: This is a wrapper around the ZDS_II librarian. It simplifies the build scripts by replacing large sequences of complex Bash script that were added to the build files. Not only does this clean up the build files but it also improves performance and, more importantly, provides a common solution for the Windows native build case. This tool should work with all ZDS-II based platforms including z8, zNeo, and ez80.
tools/README.txt: Add a brief description about the zds sub-directory. Also re-ordered some tool descriptions. They are supposed to be in alphabetical order, but this seems to have fallen apart.
boards/z80/ez80/scripts/eZ80_Config.mk: Updated to use tools/zds/zdsar.exe.
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