[Buildroot] [PATCH 20/20] external-toolchain: add Sourcery CodeBench ARM 2012.03

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 08/22/12 16:36, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
>> >  I'm a bit hesitant here. If newer glibc toolchains re-include the RPC
>> >  support, is it worth supporting libtirpc and do all the changes I had
>> >  proposed? Or should we just give up and say we only support
>> >  glibc toolchains that include RPC support? Maybe not nice, since
>> >  libtirpc brings quite a few features compared to in-toolchain RPC
>> >  support.
>> >
>> >  Comments from others?
> In glibc, RPC is now considered obsolete, and still planned for removal,
> albeit no time-line exists AFAIK.
>
> So, although glibc now again installs RPC headers, I think working on
> the libtirpc replacement is still the way to go. It's just that it's less
> critical for now.
>
> Also, there is currently no provision in crosstool-NG to build glibc/eglibc
> with --enable-obsolete-rpc (although that should be easy to add; will do
> shortly).
>
> In the end, I don not think that your work on libtirpc is still valuable,
                 ^^^^^^^not???
> because at the very least, it offers some insights on the road to go, and
> even provides a good overview of the issues at hand, and how to possibly
> solve those.

  At the very least it is useful to be able to use tirpc instead of uClibc RPC.
And I agree that this patch set is good for the future.  Also, it's in such
a good state already that it would be a real shame to discard it.

  Some of the preparatory patches (1-4, 7-10) can definitely be applied in the
short term, even if libtirpc isn't included.  Especially patch 4 is a good one
to make sure people don't run into the issue anymore with locally installed
external toolchains.

  Regards,
  Arnout
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