[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] Config.in: update description of BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB

Yann E. MORIN yann.morin.1998 at free.fr
Sun Oct 12 17:22:01 UTC 2014


Alexey, All,

On 2014-10-12 18:51 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni spake thusly:
> Dear Alexey Brodkin,
> 
> On Sun, 12 Oct 2014 18:34:44 +0200, Alexey Brodkin wrote:
> 
> > diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
> > index 24aa883..66cea4a 100644
> > --- a/Config.in
> > +++ b/Config.in
> > @@ -536,15 +536,18 @@ comment "enabling Stack Smashing Protection requires support in the toolchain"
> >  	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SSP
> >  
> >  config BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB
> > -	bool "prefer static libraries"
> > +	bool "build statically linked applications, no dynamic libraries"
> >  	help
> > -	  Where possible, build and use static libraries for the target.
> > -	  This potentially increases your code size and should only be
> > +	  Build all application for the target statically linked.

... all application_s_ ...

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

> > +	  This potentially increases your filesystem size and should only be
> >  	  used if you know what you do.
> > -	  The default is to build dynamic libraries and use those on
> > -	  the target filesystem.
> >  
> > -	  WARNING: This is highly experimental at the moment.
> > +	  Note that some applications cannot be build statically and so are
> > +	  intentionally disabled.
> > +
> > +	  The default is to build dynamic libraries and dynamically linked
> > +	  applications to use those on the target filesystem.
> 
> "The default" should be clarified as "When this option is disabled".
> 
> Also linked -> link.
> 
> With this fixed (probably Peter can fix this when applying):
> 
> Acked-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
> 
> Thomas
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