From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yann E. MORIN Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2017 11:19:23 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 02/14] toolchain: remove CodeSourcery x86 toolchain In-Reply-To: <20170618091424.tefhny6rq57ytdc2@tarshish> References: <20170618090833.GB2918@scaer> <20170618091424.tefhny6rq57ytdc2@tarshish> Message-ID: <20170618091923.GE2918@scaer> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net 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 > > > > Reviewed-by: "Yann E. MORIN" > > -- > http://baruch.siach.name/blog/ ~. .~ Tk Open Systems > =}------------------------------------------------ooO--U--Ooo------------{= > - baruch at tkos.co.il - tel: +972.52.368.4656, http://www.tkos.co.il - -- .-----------------.--------------------.------------------.--------------------. | Yann E. MORIN | Real-Time Embedded | /"\ ASCII RIBBON | Erics' conspiracy: | | +33 662 376 056 | Software Designer | \ / CAMPAIGN | ___ | | +33 223 225 172 `------------.-------: X AGAINST | \e/ There is no | | http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/ | _/*\_ | / \ HTML MAIL | v conspiracy. | '------------------------------^-------^------------------^--------------------'