[Buildroot] [PATCH 02/14] toolchain: remove CodeSourcery x86 toolchain

[Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>]

Baruch, All,

On 2017-06-18 12:14 +0300, Baruch Siach spake thusly:
> On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 11:08:33AM +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> > Baruch, All,
> > 
> > On 2017-06-16 06:32 +0300, Baruch Siach spake thusly:
> > > Since glibc 2.17, executable link command need not include the -lrt option for
> > > clock_* system calls. As a result, over time less and less software packages
> > > bother to check whether to toolchain needs -lrt. We are now at a point where
> > > maintainers refuse to add this complexity into their build system. This
> > > requires Buildroot to carry patches fixing this issue indefinitely.
> > 
> > What upstreams are refusing to fix that? Do you have references to
> > share?
> 
> See http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/773384/ (swupdate).
> I put the link in the series cover. Should add it here as well?

Ah, I missed it in the cover letter. Thanks.
I don't think it is important that you repeat it here.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

> baruch
> 
> > 
> > > glibc 2.17 is now 4.5 years old. There is no reason to use an older version
> > > with current software.
> > 
> > So we can now consider the cut-off at what we consider legacy is 4.5
> > years old. Fine with me.
> > 
> > > This commit removes the predefined profile for CodeSourcery x86 toolchain that
> > > is based on glibc 2.16. One may still use the custom external toolchain
> > > support in Buildroot to get this toolchain back, and deal with any build
> > > issues that this toolchain causes.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
> 
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