[Buildroot] [PATCH] linux: kconfig needs the toolchain

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

Thomas, Arnout, All,

On 2018-08-01 17:48 +0200, Yann E. MORIN spake thusly:
> On 2018-08-01 08:35 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni spake thusly:
> > On Wed, 1 Aug 2018 00:21:18 +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
> > > > Like is done in the kconfig-package infra for the dependency on
> > > > $(1)-patch, we use an order-only prerequisites on the toolchain,
> > > > to guarantee the compiler is available before we can display the
> > > > kconfig of the kernel.  
[--SNIP--]
> > This could even be pushed one level up to the pkg-kconfig
> > infrastructure, as we're pretty likely to see other packages go down
> > this route in the future maybe ? Of course, it should be optional.
> 
> Well, I also thought about that, but decided against, because we don't
> want to generalise a behaviour based on a single case.
[--SNIP--]
> So I'd prefer waiting, and hard-coding that one peculiarity within the
> only user so far, the linux kernel.

And now, I changed my mind, seeing that the curent state of oaffairs
with host-flex and host-bison is already broken...

I'll post an updated series that implements this at the kconfig level
soon-ish.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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