[Buildroot] svn commit: trunk/buildroot/toolchain/external-toolchain
Peter Korsgaard
jacmet at uclibc.org
Tue Jun 17 14:55:34 UTC 2008
>>>>> "Bernhard" == Bernhard Fischer <rep.dot.nop at gmail.com> writes:
Hi,
>> So they all put libraries / headers in the same staging_dir? Doesn't
>> that give problems with packages detecting optional stuff at compile
>> time that might not be available for a specific variant (E.G. one
>> variant has expat, and another doesn't - Some configure script checks
>> for expat and finds it in staging_dir even though it isn't going to be
>> there at runtime).
>>
>> The same with the packages offering different versions.
>>
>> I think a more common setup would be to install the toolchain
>> somewhere common (/opt/<whatever>) and then have multiple boards using
>> the same toolchain/c library but potentially different set of
>> packages(-versions) and their own staging_dir.
Bernhard> If i understand correctly what you are talking about then this is
Bernhard> exactly the purpose of that PROJECT thing, fwiw.
Me? No, the project stuff is (afaik atleast) just about compiling the
configurable packages under project_build_* instead of build_*, so you
can reuse a single working directory / staging_dir for multiple
projects. It has the same drawbacks as what I listed above.
It does sound pretty much what Hamish is doing though.
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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