[Buildroot] Patchwork cleanup, 10 patches to look at
Thomas Petazzoni
thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Sat Apr 1 16:52:04 UTC 2017
Hello,
Quick update on where we stand.
On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 23:53:20 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> * avahi: link with libintl if libglib2 is enabled
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/683732/
>
> My plan is to enable the stub libintl in uClibc-ng and stop having
> all those linking issues with libintl from gettext. The only
> drawback would be that there would no longer be "translation"
> support with uClibc: the libintl implementation in uClibc-ng is
> really just a stub.
>
> Thoughts ?
No real solution provided. A discussion started with Arnout, but no
conclusion at this point.
> * qemu: allow to build statically
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/692667/
>
> We normally don't want to have special options for each package to
> build them statically. Should we make an exception for Qemu?
Following Arnout's suggestion, this patch was accepted and merged.
> * infra: fix 'packages-file-list.txt' with TLP
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/694519/
>
> Adds a lock around the installation step of packages, to make
> top-level parallel build still generate a correct list of files per
> package.
>
> Gustavo, what is your plan regarding this?
>
> Others: should we merge this?
Following discussion with Arnout, this patch was rejected.
> * e2fsprogs: keep util-linux's fsck if chosen
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/696634/
>
> This fixes a real bug, but even Maxime who submitted the patch is
> not too happy with the proposal. Could someone look into this?
No progress.
> * linux-headers: Account for LINUX_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/713927/
>
> I think I am against this patch, because if the user sets
> LINUX_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR, then suddenly he will see his kernel headers
> being rebuilt as well.
>
> Arnout ?
Following discussion with Arnout, this patch was rejected.
> * python-lxml: allow build as host package
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/722644/
>
> Host package not used anywhere. Discussed at length during the
> previous BR meeting. What do we do?
Following discussion with Arnout, this patch was accepted after adding
a Config.in.host file.
> * fakedate: simplify logic
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/725396/
No progress.
> * linux-tools/perf: fix build for MIPS by using the right emulation on
> LD
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/729154/
No progress.
> * package/pkg-download.mk: add gitlab helper
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/736382/
>
> * linux: Add CIP SLTS easy selection option
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/736383/
Patches marked as Changes Requested, with feedback given to the
submitter.
Temporary results:
- 6 patches on which a decision was taken, and therefore the patches
are no longer in patchwork
- 4 patches still pending a decision
Thanks,
Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com
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