[Buildroot] oprofile "requires" gmp??? Slight fork: BR2_STAGING_DIR

[Gustavo Zacarias]

On 12/28/2010 01:19 PM, ANDY KENNEDY wrote:

>>> Where did BR2_STAGING_DIR go?  I'm used to it being under Build
>> Options,
>>> but I cannot find it.
>>>
>>> In fact, when I put this in and did a make oldconfig it deleted my
>> entry
>>> in the .config file.
>>
>> Staging lives now in output/host/usr/tuple/sysroot, it's no longer an
>> option. We can keep
> 
> 
> You have a period there after "option" with "We can keep" as a partial
> sentence.  So, what does that mean exactly?  Do you mean "it's no longer
> an option we can keep." or do you mean "it's no longer an option.  We
> can keep [this if enough people want that option]."
> 
> If it is the latter, please keep this as an option as I use this option
> extensively with our code management system.  
> 
> Andy

My failure for hitting send before finishing.
I was about to say that we can keep a symlink from staging->sysroot but
i'd rather watch it die because i can't think of any useful purpose
where people can't use the computed $(STAGING_DIR) directly.