[Buildroot] Problem with host packages

[Buildroot] Problem with host packages

[Will Wagner]

Hello,

I have been working on updating the xorg components and as part of that 
I need to update mesa3d. Newer version of this require that you have 
python libxml2 support.

Currently for host-libxml2 python support is disabled. I can change that 
so that it builds python support but that then means you have to build 
host-python any time you want host-libxml2. When building for the target 
we are able to see what is selected for the target and conditionally 
change what options are used. Is there an equivalent mechanism for doing 
this with host packages?

Thanks
Will

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[Buildroot] Problem with host packages

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Will" == Will Wagner <will_wagner@carallon.com> writes:

 Will> Hello,
 Will> I have been working on updating the xorg components and as part of
 Will> that I need to update mesa3d. Newer version of this require that you
 Will> have python libxml2 support.

 Will> Currently for host-libxml2 python support is disabled. I can change
 Will> that so that it builds python support but that then means you have to
 Will> build host-python any time you want host-libxml2. When building for
 Will> the target we are able to see what is selected for the target and
 Will> conditionally change what options are used. Is there an equivalent
 Will> mechanism for doing this with host packages?

Not really as those don't get added to TARGETS, but only in the various
*_DEPENDENCIES variables. Perhaps we should add them to TARGETS.

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Bye, Peter Korsgaard