Re: [meta-yocto CONSOLIDATED PULL (for RC3) 1/3] poky-tiny.conf: adjust eglibc options for poky-tiny

[Darren Hart <dvhart@linux.intel.com>]

On 04/10/2012 06:37 PM, Saul Wold wrote:
> From: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble@intel.com>
> 
> Avoid errors for building meta-toolchain for poky-tiny
> 
> This Fixes Bug: [YOCTO #2259]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble@intel.com>

Please CC the maintainer.

> ---
>  meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf |    6 ++++++
>  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
> index 395c6fb..58d64ec 100644
> --- a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
> +++ b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
> @@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ ASSUME_PROVIDED += "pkgconfig$"
>  # Reconfigure eglibc for a smaller installation
>  # Comment out any of the lines below to disable them in the build
>  DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC_TINY = "libc-libm libc-crypt"
> +# for gettext
> +DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC_TINY += "libc-posix-clang-wchar"
> +# for m4
> +DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC_TINY += "libc-spawn libc-locale-code"
> +# for elfutils
> +DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC_TINY += "libc-ftraverse"


Whoa, hold on. How much size did this add to the tiny libc? No patches
should be applied to tiny without indication of how much size they add.

Why is it necessary to bloat the target libc in order to build a
toolchain for it?

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Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
Yocto Project - Linux Kernel