[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 1/1] gtest: update recipe to use autotools
Carlos Santos
casantos at datacom.ind.br
Thu Apr 23 11:23:47 UTC 2015
> From: "Thomas Petazzoni" <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
> To: "Carlos Santos" <casantos at datacom.ind.br>
> Cc: buildroot at buildroot.org
> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 5:46:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH v2 1/1] gtest: update recipe to use autotools
> Dear Carlos Santos,
>
> On Wed, 22 Apr 2015 17:29:28 -0300, Carlos Santos wrote:
>
>> -$(eval $(cmake-package))
>> +$(eval $(autotools-package))
>
> I still don't understand. Fabio quoted the README of gtest, which says:
>
> """
> The Autotools build script (configure + make) is no longer officially
> supportted. You are encouraged to migrate to your own build system or
> use CMake.
> """
>
> So why moving from using the supported CMake to the no-longer supported
> autotools build system would be an improvement?
>
> This really needs more explanations.
I agree that using autotools is not the ideal approach but so I don't have a solution to generate the gtest-config script using CMake. I will spend some additional time on this today and submit and alternate patch if possible.
> Thomas
> --
> Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
> Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
> http://free-electrons.com
Carlos Santos (Casantos)
DATACOM, P&D
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