From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Petazzoni Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 21:15:47 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH v2] syslinux: Use the host compiler to build extlinux In-Reply-To: <20170930233520.20143-1-casantos@datacom.ind.br> References: <20170930231309.17677-1-casantos@datacom.ind.br> <20170930233520.20143-1-casantos@datacom.ind.br> Message-ID: <20171002211547.4942e28d@windsurf.home> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Hello, On Sat, 30 Sep 2017 20:35:20 -0300, Carlos Santos wrote: > Like the utilities, it is meant to run on the host machine, hence must > be built using the host toolchain. > > Signed-off-by: Carlos Santos It is not entirely clear if everybody agrees that "extlinux" is a host or a target program. Beno?t Allard, who used to work on the syslinux package in Buildroot wrote in http://www.syslinux.org/archives/2017-April/025755.html: """ 1. utilities required during the build (prepcore) 2. utilities meant to be run in the target operating-system (isohybrid, memdisk, the extlinux installer, ...) 3. utilities used to boot the operating system """ So he was considering the extlinux installer as a program for the target. A few years earlier, another person on the Buildroot mailing list, also wanted to have the extlinux installer on the target: http://buildroot-busybox.2317881.n4.nabble.com/syslinux-on-target-td81294.html. So, I'm not sure. Perhaps we need a host-syslinux package to install those utilities ? Or perhaps I'm being too complicated here, we should just merge your patch, and adjusts when/if someone complains ? Best regards, Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering http://free-electrons.com