[Buildroot] Question about external toolchain configuration "options"

[Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>]

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


 Thomas> I think I'll use some hidden options like :

 Thomas> config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_IPV6
 Thomas> 	bool

 Thomas> All the packages should depend o n BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_* options. And
 Thomas> then, internal toolchains configuration would do something like:

 Thomas> config BR2_BUILDROOT_TOOLCHAIN_ENABLE_IPV6
 Thomas> 	bool "Enable IPv6 support"
 Thomas> 	select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_IPV6

 Thomas> while external toolchain configuration would do something like:

 Thomas> config BR2_EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_IPV6
 Thomas> 	bool "Toolchain has IPv6"
 Thomas> 	select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_IPV6

 Thomas> What do you think of this ?

That was my thought as well. Maybe reuse the existing symbols to limit
package churn.

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Bye, Peter Korsgaard