[Buildroot] [PATCH 4/9] docs/manual: document gcc version dependencies

Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Wed Aug 5 09:05:52 UTC 2015


Dear Yann E. MORIN,

On Tue, 4 Aug 2015 21:58:58 +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:

> > +* GCC version
> > +** Dependency symbol: +BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_X_Y+, (replace
> > +   +X_Y+ with the proper version, see +toolchain/toolchain-common.in+)
> > +** Comment string: +gcc >= X.Y+ and/or `gcc <= X.Y` (replace
> 
> One of the condition is between ++ and the other between ``. I konow you
> just replicated what was done for the kernel headers, but wuld it not be
> better to use only ++ (or only ``, I don't mind) but not both?

There is actually a good reason for that: if you use +...+ for +gcc <=
X.Y+, then the <= gets replaced by the <= mathematic character rather
than being the two characters < and =.

So I've kept the special use of `...` for the time being.

Thanks!

Thomas
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