[Buildroot] [PATCH 3 of 4 RFC] manual: add section about depending on toolchain options

[Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>]

Dear Thomas De Schampheleire,

On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 09:23:37 +0200, Thomas De Schampheleire wrote:

> Well, I think this depends on the semantics of PREFER_STATIC_LIB or
> the way we will handle the dynamic library option(s) in the future. If
> there is really an option that says 'I want static libs', then I think
> it makes sense to add a comment, because it's a user choice. If the
> linking is only based on the architecture supporting it or not, and
> the user will get dynamic libs when supported, then a comment is not
> needed.
> 
> Based on the discussion so far, I don't think we should try to fix the
> situation in the context of this patchset, but rather in a separate
> one. I would therefore propose, for this patchset, to keep the current
> situation and the documentation as proposed in the patch. Later, any
> needed changes can be made when the dynamic library handling is
> cleared out. In the mean time, I will not add new comments for
> packages that depend on !STATIC but do not yet have a comment, as this
> may be wasted effort.
> 
> What do you think?

I fully agree.

Thomas
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