[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 03/11] manual: add prerequisite.txt

[Thomas De Schampheleire]

Op 16 mei 2012 23:46 schreef "Samuel Martin" <s.martin49 at gmail.com> het
volgende:
>
> Hi Thomas,
>
> Thx for the review.
>
> 2012/5/16 Thomas De Schampheleire <patrickdepinguin+buildroot at gmail.com>:
> >> +
> >> +[[requirement-optional]]
> >> +
> >> +Optional packages
> >> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> +
> >> +* Build tools:
> >> +** +gawk+

Based on Thomas' post, is gawk really needed? As he says, host-gawk will be
built when required by a package.

> >> +
> >> +* Source fetching tools:
> >> +** +cvs+
> >> +** +git+
> >> +** +mercurial+
> >> +** +subversion+
> >
> > What's the reasoning behind these 'optional requirements' ?
> Actually, I followed the comments from Thomas P. on the first post, see:
> http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2012-March/051972.html
>
> > People that are new to buildroot may simply install all 'requirements'
> > and hence install tools like cvs or one of the other version control
> > systems, while it won't actually be used, unless they select a package
> > that downloads using that method.
> > Moreover, some tools that could fit in this category are missing, like
> > bazaar or scp.
> You're right, I've omitted them and others...
>
> >
> >> +
> >> +* Configuration interface dependencies (requires development
libraries):
> >> +** +qt4+ to use the 'xconfig' interface
> >> +** +glib2+, +gtk2+ and +glade2+ to use the 'gconfig' interface
> >> +
> >> +* Development libraries:
> >> +** +zlib1+
> >> +** +netpbm10+ (for +fbtest+)
> >> +** +python-xcbgen+ (for +Matchbox+ on Debian based system)
> >> +// ** +jdk+ and and depending on the host system +gcj-compat+ for Java
> >> +// development (for +java+, +jamvm+ and +gnu-classpath+)
> >> +
> >
> > I would think that the intention of buildroot is that most
> > non-standard dependencies are handled within buildroot.
> So am I.
>
> > One can safely expect make and gcc to be present, but is it currently
> > so that such things like netpbm10 are needed? If so, shouldn't they be
> > built as host-netpbm10 etc ?
> Sure. A new item on the todo list ;-)
>
> To write this page, I got inspired from:
>
http://www.armadeus.com/wiki/index.php?title=Ubuntu/Debian_installation_prerequisites
> BR moves fast and the Armadeus Project is not based on the latest
release, so...
>
> > If we can do that, the above section can be removed.
> I agree.
>
> > Otherwise:
> > s/and and/and/
> >
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sam
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