From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Petazzoni Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 18:52:04 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] Patchwork cleanup, 10 patches to look at In-Reply-To: <20170326235320.448e802a@free-electrons.com> References: <20170326235320.448e802a@free-electrons.com> Message-ID: <20170401185204.60a79acc@free-electrons.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Hello, Quick update on where we stand. On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 23:53:20 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni wrote: > * avahi: link with libintl if libglib2 is enabled > https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/683732/ > > My plan is to enable the stub libintl in uClibc-ng and stop having > all those linking issues with libintl from gettext. The only > drawback would be that there would no longer be "translation" > support with uClibc: the libintl implementation in uClibc-ng is > really just a stub. > > Thoughts ? No real solution provided. A discussion started with Arnout, but no conclusion at this point. > * qemu: allow to build statically > https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/692667/ > > We normally don't want to have special options for each package to > build them statically. Should we make an exception for Qemu? Following Arnout's suggestion, this patch was accepted and merged. > * infra: fix 'packages-file-list.txt' with TLP > https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/694519/ > > Adds a lock around the installation step of packages, to make > top-level parallel build still generate a correct list of files per > package. > > Gustavo, what is your plan regarding this? > > Others: should we merge this? Following discussion with Arnout, this patch was rejected. > * e2fsprogs: keep util-linux's fsck if chosen > https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/696634/ > > This fixes a real bug, but even Maxime who submitted the patch is > not too happy with the proposal. Could someone look into this? No progress. > * linux-headers: Account for LINUX_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR > https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/713927/ > > I think I am against this patch, because if the user sets > LINUX_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR, then suddenly he will see his kernel headers > being rebuilt as well. > > Arnout ? Following discussion with Arnout, this patch was rejected. > * python-lxml: allow build as host package > https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/722644/ > > Host package not used anywhere. Discussed at length during the > previous BR meeting. What do we do? Following discussion with Arnout, this patch was accepted after adding a Config.in.host file. > * fakedate: simplify logic > https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/725396/ No progress. > * linux-tools/perf: fix build for MIPS by using the right emulation on > LD > https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/729154/ No progress. > * package/pkg-download.mk: add gitlab helper > https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/736382/ > > * linux: Add CIP SLTS easy selection option > https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/736383/ Patches marked as Changes Requested, with feedback given to the submitter. Temporary results: - 6 patches on which a decision was taken, and therefore the patches are no longer in patchwork - 4 patches still pending a decision Thanks, Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering http://free-electrons.com