[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/3] Experimental addition of the newlib library

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Hello Chris,

On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:36:20 -0400, Cjw X wrote:

> I've gotten newlib moved over to the autotools infrastructure. I
> should be able to post updated patches tonight.

Good. However, don't hold your breath. While I think adding newlib
support is interesting in Buildroot, it may not be the opinion of
others.

> > Except the mkdir, the install command is not needed if you use the
> > autotools-package infrastructure.
> 
> So, that mkdir command needs to be run, and the it is most closely
> associated with the staging install.
> Is there some way to run mkdir then without overriding the
> install_staging define? I haven't found anything in the docs.

Search for <pkg>_PRE_INSTALL_STAGING_HOOKS in the documentation, and
generally the concept of hooks. See
http://buildroot.org/downloads/manual/manual.html#hooks.

Best regards,

Thomas
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Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
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