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On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 15:33 +1000, Jamie Lenehan wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 01:33:12AM +1000, Jamie Lenehan wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 08:53:25PM +1000, Jamie Lenehan wrote:
> > > Attached is a patch I'd like to propose to allow for multiple site
> > > files to be used so that common stuff can be moved into common site
> > [...]
> 
> I've extended this a bit to allow site files to be per package,
> rather than having to be global - including version specific site
> files (such as db needs). Lots of packages just need a few site file
> entries which are generally common across all builds or specific to
> glibc or uclibc.
> 
> Probably the most useful part is allowing all of the x86 site files
> to be merged together.
> 
> If no one has any comments on this then I guess I'll push it in.
> First the info.bbclass, then clean up the few recipes that directly
> mess with CONFIG_SITE, then clean up the x86 files and the the few
> recipes that I've been maintaining. 

For what its worth, I like the idea of this but haven't had time to
review the patches. The name info.bbclass is perhaps too generic though
- could you call it something like autotools-info.bbclass?

Regards,

Richard