[Buildroot] [PATCH 10/12] pkg-infra: ensure gettext gets built before all other packages

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 09/03/12 11:09, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Le Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:30:48 +0200,
> Arnout Vandecappelle<arnout at mind.be>  a écrit :
>
>>    I don't like this.  I don't like the idea of having redundant
>> dependencies, I don't like to have a single thing that everything
>> depends on, I don't like the $(filter-out ...) construct.
>>
>>    I also don't like that it breaks the build when the toolchain
>> depends on some package (sstrip, ccache, ...).
>>
>>    Possible alternatives:
>>
>>    * Use a construct similar to patch 11/12: $(gettext-dependency)
>> which is nothing unless gettext is enabled.
>>
>>    * Move this dependency into the toolchain logic - which means
>> duplicating it three times so maybe not such a good idea...
>
> I don't like it either, and I don't think I like those alternatives
> either.
>
> I prefer keeping the explicit dependency in the packages, because I
> don't like things that are too magic.

  With $(gettext-dependency), the dependency is explicit.  You'll see
in Yann's next patch series :-)

  Regards,
  Arnout

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