[Buildroot] [PATCH 0/7] gcc5 fixes for defconfigs

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 28-02-17 21:54, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
>>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com> writes:
> 
> Hi,
> 
>  > However, it has already been noticed a while ago that these defconfigs
>  > were broken, I did a build test of all defconfigs some time ago, and
>  > reported the issue to the developers who contributed the defconfig
>  > originally. Peter also helped in this effort. See e-mails like:
> 
>  >    [Buildroot] Altera socdk defconfig no longer builds
>  >    [Buildroot] Altera sockit defconfig no longer builds
>  >    [Buildroot] via_imx6_vab820_defconfig fails to build
>  >    etc.
> 
>  > For all the boards you are fixing now, Peter or me contacted the
>  > original submitters. If they haven't been fixed by now, then I would
>  > instead suggest to simply drop support for those boards.
> 
> I agree. Especially as we don't have access to (most) of the boards, and
> older bootloaders/kernels sometimes do break at runtime with newer gcc
> versions.
> 
> E.G. if the defconfigs aren't really supported and looked after, then we
> should pretend they are.
  ^^^^^^ shouldn't :-)

 I'll send removal patches tomorrow (hopefully).

 I've marked the series as rejected in patchwork.

 Regards,
 Arnout


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