From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P4WoT-00061H-Vb for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Sat, 09 Oct 2010 12:38:54 +0200 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P4Wo2-0006lj-9Y for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Sat, 09 Oct 2010 12:37:34 +0200 Received: from s55917625.adsl.wanadoo.nl ([85.145.118.37]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 09 Oct 2010 12:37:34 +0200 Received: from k.kooi by s55917625.adsl.wanadoo.nl with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 09 Oct 2010 12:37:34 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org From: Koen Kooi Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2010 12:37:25 +0200 Message-ID: References: <1286415971-9960-1-git-send-email-raj.khem@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: s55917625.adsl.wanadoo.nl User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.11) Gecko/20100822 Shredder/3.0.7pre In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 80.91.229.12 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: gcho-openembedded-devel@m.gmane.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on discovery X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:20:07 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on linuxtogo.org) Subject: Re: [PATCH,V2 0/6] libtool 2.4 upgrade X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2010 10:39:33 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09-10-10 00:21, Chris Larson wrote: > On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Frans Meulenbroeks < > fransmeulenbroeks@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 2010/10/7 Khem Raj : >>> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 12:56 AM, Koen Kooi >> wrote: >>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>> Hash: SHA1 >>>> >>>> On 07-10-10 03:46, Khem Raj wrote: >>>>> Hi >>>>> >>>>> Following set of patches is v2 of the patches adding support for >> getting libtool 2.4 into >>>>> openemebedded. I have so far built minimal-image for two machines >> successfully using old >>>>> and new libtool. >>>>> >>>>> The libtool sysroot feature knob is added through LIBTOOL_HAS_SYSROOT >> variable. If this is >>>>> set to "yes" then you ought to use libtool > 2.4 by default its set to >> "no" which means >>>>> the current behavior remains. >>>>> >>>>> The big change that libtool 2.4 brings is sysroot support and I have >> added >>>>> support to use this feature. It should make our life easier. >>>>> >>>>> This needs a lot of testing. >>>>> >>>>> Please cherry pick the patch bundle and give it a try in yout >> environment >>>> >>>> Can you apply these to a branch so we can add fixes there if needed? >>> >>> I can do that. However now that backward compatibility is left intact I >> think >>> it would not be that bad to merge it into master and fix things on >>> master. the libtool >>> 2.4 would have DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1" by default it wont be picked by >> anyone. >>> with the number of developers we have it will get better testing before >> we >>> accumulate too many changes on a branch. Secondly there might be changes >> like >>> gnutls one where the patch is only valid for new libtool and should be >> tested >>> in old and new way. If there is any breakage introduced in existing build >> will >>> be caught quickly. Where as on branch resources might be divided and it >> may >>> not progress so well. I am just weighing efforts Vs. risk here and >>> risk seems low >>> >>> Thanks >>> -Khem >>> >>>> >> >> Personally I'm in favour of merging into head. That way it gets >> accepted easier and faster. >> > > Agreed, I am as well. As the new libtool is opt-in, I don't see the harm, > and it'll ensure that any issues which crop up with the compatibility get > fixed asap. Yeah, let's get this in! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iD8DBQFMsEXlMkyGM64RGpERAsjyAKCc6eHVMBOfE27SW20BiCWvs7mdXACfYG6I 1zsti6PHxpCCOGHvqWBw4zI= =4QWi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----