[Buildroot] Hiding non-buildable packages

Ulf Samuelsson ulf at atmel.com
Wed Aug 22 22:12:47 UTC 2007


ons 2007-08-22 klockan 23:20 +0200 skrev Bernhard Fischer:
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 10:59:24PM +0200, Ulf Samuelsson wrote:
> 
> >Granted, but do we need it to be perfect?, I think not!
> >
> >I know that openssh does not work due to lack of 64 bit math.
> 
> You are - for the second time today - tempting me to just apply my
> openssh update which i know may have trouble in some odd places, just
> FYI..

Go ahead, since it is permanently broken.

Implementing the 64 bit math routines in uClibc as an option
depending on if openSSH is built would be the proper thing to do.

- Or put the 64 bit math in the openSSH tree in a lib,

- Or change the computation to 32 bit math.


> >I do not think it works for any architecture.
> >Why should every newbie try this out for themseleves,
> >only to find that it does not build...
> 
> Since the default works fine, if somebody tries hard to shoot themselves
> in the foot, why prevent them from doing so?
> >
> >Much better to hide it from the build, and then let the guy
> >which really wants it to reenable and debug it.
> 
> No. That's not my approach.
> Let defaults work, if you change anything, be prepared to keep all
> parts.

I am not suggesting that the default should change.
The default should still be to show all packages,
but you can, set an option which hides broken packages


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