[Buildroot] [PATCH 06/11] package/weston: fix configure.ac to check for wayland-scanner

[Yann E. MORIN]

Thomas, All,

On 2013-10-09 00:15 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni spake thusly:
> Dear Yann E. MORIN,
> 
> On Wed,  9 Oct 2013 00:09:52 +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> > From: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
> > 
> > configure whines while checking for wayland-scanner.
> > 
> > wayland-scanner is used to generate the protocol parser C files from
> > the protocol definition XML files.
> > 
> > weston has a hard-dependency on wayland-scanner, so it can regenerate
> > its shell/mouse/keyboard/... "handlers".
> > 
> > Since we're using a tarball, those protocol files are already generated
> > and up-to-date, but the check is hard-coded and unconditional. If
> > wayland-scanner is missing, configure fails.
> > 
> > wayland-scanner is provided by wayland, so we'd have to have a
> > host-wayland if we want wayland scanner.
> > 
> > We could well patch away this check, but we'd have to carry and maintain
> > it probably for ever.
> > 
> > Better to fix it, and introduce a host-wayland. Make weston depend on
> > host-wayland. Add a patch from upstream weston to fix configure whining.
> 
> Huh? wayland.mk does build wayland-scanner with the native compiler
> before starting the build itself. It doesn't work anymore with 1.2.x ?

He! I did not even check... Yes, it does.
I basically did not expect wayland to build host tools.

I'll rework the series so wayland installs wayland-scanner to $(HOST),
and use that instead of host-wayland.

Thanks! 

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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