[Buildroot] [PATCHv3 04/20] toolchain: introduce a virtual package

Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Wed Oct 9 13:31:32 UTC 2013


Dear Fabio Porcedda,

On Wed, 9 Oct 2013 14:59:07 +0200, Fabio Porcedda wrote:

> > BASE_TARGETS = toolchain, so there are exactly equivalent. I'm not sure
> > why you say BASE_TARGETS is an implementation detail of the new
> > toolchain virtual package. BASE_TARGETS now never has any other value
> > than just "toolchain".
> 
> Sorry, I've missed that part, now I understand better.

No problem :)

> > Ultimately, toolchain will no longer need to be part of BASE_TARGETS as
> > it will be handled just as a normal package dependency (done by your
> > patches). But I'm trying to do things step by step, progressively.
> > Therefore, in the end, I believe the world rule will no even contain
> > "toolchain" and $(TARGETS_ALL) but just $(PACKAGES),
> 
> Well about the world rule in my patches in the end it contain only the
> "target-post-image" because it's the last step, but that's another
> story.

Yes, indeed. Seen your patches, I think they look good on principle, I
need to test them/have a more detailed look.

Best regards,

Thomas
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