[Buildroot] avr32 patches vs. x86 breakage

[Bernhard Fischer <rep.dot.nop@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 07:36:00AM -0400, John Voltz wrote:
>I agree with Bernhard, the AVR32 arch gcc patches seriously need fixed.
>There are quite a few problems caused by gcc on the AVR32 as well. It works
>pretty well for the most part, but there were problems back with gcc
>4.1.2causing the kernel to oops while reading ext2 and ext3
>filesystems, and now
>gcc 4.2.1 breaks blackbox, and I've never been able to get webkit to work
>reliably. gcc 4.2.1 also broke almost all of the open file dialogs in the
>applications too. I'm blaming it all on the gcc patches.
>
>Have there been other issues with buildroot in the past when adding other
>arches? I'm actually glad all of this happened because it shines a light on

buildroot is not ment to be a patch-sink.
The _proper_ thing to do is to add your arch to the upstream packages.

Likewise, if you have to patch a package (for buildroot), then please take
it upon you to fix the issues _upstream_. Everything else is just a
maintenance-nightmare and does the opposite of what OSS is ment to
achieve in the long-run.


>the quality issues in the AVR32 patches. Thanks to Nigel and Peter. I would
>have never discovered this on my own. Sorry for giving you guys the
>headaches though!
>
>John Voltz