[Buildroot] [PATCH 04/10] toolchain/external: add choice to select 'AT_LEAST_XXX' header version

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On 17/02/14 23:49, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Dear Yann E. MORIN,
> 
> On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 19:04:40 +0100, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> 
>> Yes, I already added such a check later after sending the series. It
>> will be part of the next submission.
>>
>> Basically, I check that the specified headers version is no more recent
>> than the one actually used in the toolchain.
> 
> I think the specified headers version should match the one actually
> used in the toolchain. Otherwise, the user may have messages such as
> "package foo needs headers >= 3.3" even if he is using a toolchain with
> kernel headers of kernel 3.6.
> 
> This behavior would also match what we currently do: if a toolchain has
> thread support, but the user forgets to indicate in menuconfig that the
> toolchain has thread support, then we abort with an error. Even if
> technically speaking, we could simply continue, since building a
> configuration with no thread support would work entirely fine with a
> toolchain that has thread support.

 +1


 Regards,
 Arnout

> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Thomas
> 


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