[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/7 v4] linux: explain why we need host-{flex, bison}
Thomas Petazzoni
thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com
Sat Aug 18 21:13:33 UTC 2018
Hello,
On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 18:06:47 +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> The commit that added the dependency on host-{bison,flex} did
> so because the pre-generated kconfig parser source files were
> removed from the kernel tree, in linux-4.16.
>
> But then, in linux-4.17, the pre-generated dtc parser source
> files were in turn removed as well.
>
> So, document the two reasons why they are needed, so we don't
> accidentally remove them when we (soon) introduce the kconfig
> dependencies.
>
> (Also fix the first assignment to LINUX_DEPENDENCIES to be a
> simple assignement, not an append-assignment.)
>
> Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
> Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com>
> Cc: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be>
> ---
> linux/linux.mk | 8 +++++++-
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Applied to master, thanks.
Thomas
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