[Buildroot] [PATCH] Permit building grub with an external toolchain.
Lionel Landwerlin
llandwerlin at gmail.com
Mon Jan 4 13:29:12 UTC 2010
Sorry, I didn't catch the --prefix=/
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Clark Rawlins <clark.rawlins at escient.com>wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-01-04 at 14:09 +0100, Lionel Landwerlin wrote:
> > Why didn't you remove :
> > define GRUB_CONFIGURE_CMDS
> > (cd $(GRUB_SRCDIR) && rm -rf config.cache && \
> > $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
> > $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_ARGS) \
> > $(GRUB_CONF_ENV) \
> > ./configure \
> >
> > --target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
> > --host=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
> > --build=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
> > --prefix=/ \
> > --mandir=/usr/man \
> > --infodir=/usr/info \
> > $(DISABLE_DOCUMENTATION) \
> > $(DISABLE_NLS) \
> >
> > $(DISABLE_LARGEFILE) \
> > $(DISABLE_IPV6) \
> > $(QUIET) $(GRUB_CONF_OPT) \
> > )
> > endef
> > This might be handled by the autotool infrastructure.
> > Otherwise it looks good, thx !
>
> I would have but I didn't see a way to override the --prefix argument to
> configure. Also the TARGET_CONFIGURE_ENV needed to be modified to
> include GRUB_CFLAGS defined earlier in the make fragment. Modifying the
> CFLAGS also caused the config.cache to not match the global
> configuration cache so I couldn't use that either.
>
> Of course if I missed a better way of handling these issues I am open to
> it.
>
> >
> > --
> > Lionel Landwerlin
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Clark Rawlins
> > <clark.rawlins at escient.com> wrote:
> > Here is my attempt to use the autotools macros.
> > I look forward to any discussion, suggestions for improvement
> > etc.
> >
> > I attach the whole file since it is effectively a rewrite. If
> > it is
> > acceptable I will submit as a git diff against head.
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 2010-01-03 at 08:43 -0500, Clark Rawlins wrote:
> > > Okay,
> > >
> > > I've started looking at this but it isn't clear to me how to
> > handle the
> > > following:
> > >
> > > $(GRUB_DIR)/$(GRUB_BINARY): $(GRUB_DIR)/.configured
> > > $(MAKE) CC=$(TARGET_CC) -C $(GRUB_DIR)
> > > rm -f $(GRUB_DIR)/$(GRUB_BINARY)
> > > $(MAKE) CC=$(TARGET_CC) CFLAGS+=-static -C
> > $(GRUB_DIR)/grub grub
> > > mkdir -p $(dir $(STAGING_DIR)/$(GRUB_TARGET_BINARY))
> > > mv $(GRUB_DIR)/$(GRUB_BINARY)
> > $(STAGING_DIR)/$(GRUB_TARGET_BINARY).static
> > > $(MAKE) CC=$(TARGET_CC) -C $(GRUB_DIR)/grub
> > >
> > > This builds everything dynamically linked first then builds
> > the grub binary statically.
> > > Is the right way to do this to override the target
> > after/before calling the autotools macro?
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, 2010-01-03 at 05:08 +0100, Lionel Landwerlin wrote:
> > > > Here is one example :
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> http://git.buildroot.org/buildroot/commit/?id=21bab8862f3c2906af347e5a993ce4cd36c1b063
> > > >
> > > > You can find a lot like this in the recent git history.
> > > > I'm think to the new infrastructure because it provides
> > all the glue to
> > > > configure the package, especially the 2 lines you added.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Le samedi 02 janvier 2010 à 21:15 -0500, Clark Rawlins a
> > écrit :
> > > > > I could give that a shot. I thought as a start I would
> > go with the
> > > > > smallest change possible. Any suggestions for an
> > example to look at for
> > > > > switching grub to the autotools macros?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sun, 2010-01-03 at 01:13 +0100, Lionel Landwerlin
> > wrote:
> > > > > > Le samedi 02 janvier 2010 à 17:46 -0500, Clark Rawlins
> > a écrit :
> > > > > > > Grub build failed at the link stage because it
> > > > > > > couldn't find libcurses. Adding these variable
> > > > > > > invocations to the configure line make it work.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Clark Rawlins
> > <clark.rawlins at escient.com>
> > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > > target/x86/grub/grub.mk | 2 ++
> > > > > > > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > diff --git a/target/x86/grub/grub.mk
> > b/target/x86/grub/grub.mk
> > > > > > > index af46244..21f089f 100644
> > > > > > > --- a/target/x86/grub/grub.mk
> > > > > > > +++ b/target/x86/grub/grub.mk
> > > > > > > @@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ $(GRUB_DIR)/.unpacked:
> > $(DL_DIR)/$(GRUB_SOURCE) $(DL_DIR)/$(GRUB_PATCH)
> > > > > > > $(GRUB_DIR)/.configured: $(GRUB_DIR)/.unpacked
> > > > > > > (cd $(GRUB_DIR); rm -rf config.cache; \
> > > > > > > $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
> > > > > > > + $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_ARGS) \
> > > > > > > + $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_ENV) \
> > > > > > > CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
> > > > > > > CPPFLAGS="$(GRUB_CFLAGS)" \
> > > > > > > ./configure $(QUIET) \
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Maybe you should consider switching grub to the
> > autotool infrastructure.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Lionel Landwerlin
> > > > > >
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