[Buildroot] _VER vs. _VERSION breakage

[Ulf Samuelsson]

>>> Your change to use _VERSION broke at least acpid. Please double-check
>>> that all packages that you touched in this patch still build fine and
>>> repair.
>>
>>Here is the result of trying to build most available packages
>>in buildroot for ARM. (I build for ARM generic (not using WCHAR)).
> 
> I will revert that _VERSION vs. _VER patch since it breaks a couple of
> packages.



>>A lot of the packages does not build for ARM,
> 
> Could be. For changes like _VER vs. _VERSION, a quick check with an x86
> build before and after such a change would have been the proper thing to
> do, imho.
> 
>>but if you can download the package, decompress it
>>in build_<arch> and then configure or patch it, 
>>then the VERSION patch is OK for this package.
> 
>>At least some of the packages seems to require the uClibc is 
>>built with WCHAR. We should probably identify these packages
>>and hide them during configuration if WCHAR is not enabled.
> 
> Yes, this is a completely different issue, though.
> 
>>
>>Some packages like ACPID does not build for ARM
>>but I think I got that right anyway, even if I did not try that
>>specific package.
>>Maybe someone building x86 can report the few packages
>>I have problems with on ARM?
> 
> No need, i'll revert said patch and let those who want such a patch to
> go in check if they break something.
> 
> Breaking the build for cosmetic reasons is not a sensible thing to do.
>

It is not only for cosmetic things alone.

Instead of reverting the patch, I can check on x86 instead today and fix if neccessary.
Please tell me which packages are broken.
acpid wass, but that should be fixed by now.


Best Regards
Ulf Samuelsson