[Buildroot] advice on makefile

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Nigel" == Nigel Kukard <nkukard at lbsd.net> writes:

Hi,

 Nigel> OMW!! ..... after looking over autotools .... I think it should rather
 Nigel> be improved and everything converted to autotools ... most of the stuff
 Nigel> is standardized then. It would just be a small task of catching some
 Nigel> specifics and adding a few more features...
 >> 
 >> Yes, I also think that's the best long term solution (similar to how
 >> it's done in openwrt, openembedded, ...).

 Nigel> I think it needs a bit more magic though ...

;)

 Nigel> I'll convert some of the things I've done so far to beecrypt,
 Nigel> make files reduce from 100+ lines down to +- 10 ... its
 Nigel> amazing!

 Nigel> Do we have a wiki where this can be documented?  would also
 Nigel> suggest we not accept any patches with manual makefiles?
 Nigel> unless there is a very good reason autotools cannot handle it,
 Nigel> in which case autotools should be fixed not complexity added.

No, but we have docs/ ;)

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard