[Buildroot] [PATCH] [PATCH v2] p7zip: New package

[André Hentschel]

Am 30.05.2016 um 15:20 schrieb Thomas Petazzoni:
> Hello,
> 
> On Sun, 29 May 2016 19:22:50 +0200, André Hentschel wrote:
> 
>>>> +config BR2_PACKAGE_P7ZIP
>>>> +	bool "p7zip"
>>>> +	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
>>>> +	depends on BR2_i386 || BR2_x86_64 || \
>>>> +		BR2_aarch64 || BR2_arm || BR2_armeb  
>>>
>>> Please explain why this is limited to those architectures.
>>>
>>> You can put it in the commit log, or you may add a terse comment just
>>> above the depends-on line. If the explanations is not straightforward,
>>> prefer the commit log.
>>>
>>> (Yes, I read the previous reply that it was broken on NIOSII. Limiting
>>> to a small set of architectures wihtout an explanation is not enough.)
>>>
>>> Thanks! :-)  
>>
>> Can I start with a small set of archs until it is tested on more?
>> (with a comment then anyway of course)
> 
> I will disagree with Yann here. We typically do not limit the
> architectures based simply on what has been tested or not.
> 
> A dependency on specific architectures should only be added if the
> package is either 1/ contains some architecture-specific code or 2/ is
> known to not build/work properly on some architectures.
> 
> In any case,  the fact that you could only test on i386/AArch64/ARM is
> not a proper reason to restrict the package to those architectures only.

I simply used my autobuild machine now to test on almost all archs, bfin is the only troublemaker.

> Building p7zip for blackfin using
> 
> http://autobuild.buildroot.net/toolchains/configs/bfin-uclinux.config
> 
> as defconfig fails with
> 
> ../../../../CPP/myWindows/mySplitCommandLine.cpp:99:8: error: #error ENDIANNESS
> 
> Regards, Bernd

I tried it, the compiler doesn't expose ENDIANess defines... reason unknown...