[Buildroot] Boost integration

[Stephan Hoffmann <sho@relinux.de>]

Am 24.01.2013 10:46, schrieb Willy Lambert:
> 2013/1/24 Stephan Hoffmann <sho@relinux.de>:
>> Am 24.01.2013 10:03, schrieb Willy Lambert:
>>> 2013/1/24 Stephan Hoffmann <sho@relinux.de>:
>>>> Am 23.01.2013 18:08, schrieb Willy Lambert:
>>>>> 2013/1/23 Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>:
>>>>>>>>>>> "Willy" == Willy Lambert <lambert.willy@gmail.com> writes:
>>>> snip
>>>>>>>>>>>  Willy> I can propose you a patch to be abble to select different version a
>>>>>>>>>>>  Willy> boost in config menus. But I'm not sure that the current mk can handle
>>>>>>>>>>>  Willy> other versions.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> We normally don't support multiple versions of a package (except for a
>>>>>>>>>>> few minor exceptions) as that very soon becomes a support headache. Why
>>>>>>>>>>> would you want more than 1 version?
>>>>> Because I need boost for another framework, that is not supporting
>>>>> latest boost versions for now. And mainlining lastest boost support
>>>>> there is not an option (it is at best a parrallel work to do on my
>>>>> side, but I can't be on all fires ^^). And even if it compiles, I
>>>>> don't want to play with versionning incompatibilities beetwen boost
>>>>> and my framework. I need the 1.42.0 version.
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> isn't this a perfect use case for the source override feature?
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>> I'm sorry but I don't understand what you mean but "source override
>>> feature", could you explain this ?
>> Have a look here: http://free-electrons.com/blog/buildroot-2011-11/
>>
>> I am afraid it might not be in the documentation yet.
>>
>> Stephan
> Thanks for pointing. But source override will only work if the .mk
> file is able to compile this version, right ?
Yes, that might be true.
>
> I confirmed it is not documented, or it is only suggested in a way
> that you can't guess what it is unless you already know it ^^. It's a
> pity since your blog was very clear about that, there is mainly copy
> pasting to do.
In fact that isn't my blog but Thomas', nor did I contribute any part of
this functionality. I am just using the override feature for my
application and for the kernel source.
> From my testing yesterday :
> 1.52.0 is the only version that compiles.
> 1.51.0 has a packaging problem from boost (when extracted it is inside
> a boost_1.51.0 dir intead of being flat in the BR dir)
> 1.48 to 1.50 compiles if you suppress the "context" flag
> 1.47 doesn't know about the postfix issue
> 1.42 doesn't build because "b2" doesn't exists.
>
> Is there any way to make *.mk depends on versions ? I tried to hack
> with something like
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5188267/checking-the-gcc-version-in-a-makefile
> without success.
I don't have an idea on this, sorry.

Regards

Stephan
>
>
>>>> Stephan
>>>>> The idea is not necessarily to maintain all boost versions, but if the
>>>>> same script can handle several one, it's a pity to just propose the
>>>>> last one.
>>>>> Said differently, I have written the part that allow to choose a
>>>>> version on the model of config files that choose kernels. If you are
>>>>> interested in them I'll send you a patch. If you think you are Ok with
>>>>> editing the boost.mk by hand I'll keep my patch locally.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>  Willy> I personnaly put Boost in Packages->Librairies->Boost. It is currently
>>>>>>  Willy> in a "Other" menu.Don't you think it would be a better place ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What would Libraries->Boost contain? Just the single boost package?
>>>>> yes, but boost is a family of librairies. But anyway I don't really
>>>>> care about that.
>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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