[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/5] package/alchemy: new host package

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Hello Hervé,

On Wed, 3 Nov 2021 18:20:47 +0100
Herve Codina <herve.codina at bootlin.com> wrote:

> > The kconfig code is under GPL-2.0.  
> 
> I missed this one.
> 
> The GPL-2.0 license file is not provided by Alchemy.
> They mention 'kconfig source code is GPLv2' in their README file.
> 
> ALCHEMY_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause (Alchemy), GPL-2.0 (kconfig)
> ALCHEMY_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING README
> 
> Is that correct from Buildroot even if the GLP-2.0 license file is not
> provided ?

Yes, that's fine.

> > > +	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) \
> > > +	ALCHEMY_HOME=$(ALCHEMY_HOME) \
> > > +	ALCHEMY_WORKSPACE_DIR="$(@D)" \
> > > +	ALCHEMY_TARGET_OUT=alchemy-out \
> > > +	TARGET_OS=linux \
> > > +	TARGET_OS_FLAVOUR=buildroot \
> > > +	TARGET_CROSS="$(TARGET_CROSS)" \
> > > +	TARGET_ARCH=xxx \    
> > 
> > Is this intended ?  
> 
> Yes, it is to avoid the internal Alchemy arch management.
> 
> It can lead to incorrect results with the toolchain we
> provided in TARGET_CROSS. Indeed they add some CFLAGS
> depending on given TARGET_ARCH.
> To avoid issues, this was the simplest way I found to say
> 'Hey Alchemy, do not care about the arch, I do it for you'.
> 
> Maybe this breaks some internal parts such as building a
> CMake or an autotools package but in the buildroot context,
> A CMake or an autotools package will not be built by Alchemy.
> 
> I will add a comment in v2.

Thanks for the explanation. Adding a comment in the code will
definitely be useful to clear up what's happening with this TARGET_ARCH
variable.

Thanks!

Thomas
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