[Buildroot] [RFC] Move host-pkgconf dependency to package/pkg-autotools.mk

Peter Korsgaard peter at korsgaard.com
Tue Apr 21 14:13:29 UTC 2015


>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com> writes:

Hi,

> On Fri, 10 Apr 2015 23:31:01 +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:

 >> I agree that something like that is the way to go.
 >> 
 >> However, I would prefer that this kind of stuff:
 >> 
 >> - goes into scripts in the support/ directory;
 >> 
 >> - gets called from the GLOBAL_INSTRUMENTATION_HOOKS;
 >> 
 >> - is selectable with a config option in the Build options menu (which would be
 >> enabled by the autobuilders).
 >> 
 >> My reasoning is that the BR infrastructure is already pretty darn complicated,
 >> so it would be good to separate the core infrastructure from the fringe stuff.
 >> And the config option is of course because I prefer to keep the developer stuff
 >> out of the way of normal users.

 > I fully agree with these suggestions. I think you already made them on
 > my previous posting of a patch doing this check, and it's just that I
 > haven't taken the time to prepare a new version of the patch.

FYI, I also agree with the above. This check would be good to have on
the autobuilders.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard



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