[Buildroot] [PATCH] toolchain package: set version as 'virtual' instead of 'undefined'

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On 08/05/14 13:37, Thomas De Schampheleire wrote:
> On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be> wrote:
>> On 08/05/14 11:28, Thomas De Schampheleire wrote:
>>> Hi Arnout,
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be> wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>>>  I repeat my earlier statement: within a function that is supposed to be
>>>> eval'ed, *everything* should be $$'ed except the function arguments and except
>>>> some very specific cases.
>>>>
>>>
>>> But in the case of host variables being set based on target variables
>>> if there is no explicit host variable, as for the _VERSION, there
>>> would be a recursive assignment as $(2) == $(3).
>>
>> True; if you set
>> $(2)_VERSION = $$(subst /,_,$$($(3)_VERSION))
>>
>> that will expand to
>> PKG_VERSION = $$(subst /,_,$$(PKG_VERSION))
>>
>> in the eval, which is indeed recursive.
>>
>> But that can be solved with a simple:
>>
>> $(2)_VERSION := $$(subst /,_,$$($(3)_VERSION))
>>
>> Fortunately, make is smart enough to break the recursion even if PKG_VERSION had
>> been assigned with = before.
>>
>>> So statement   $(2)_VERSION = $$(subst /,_,$($(3)_VERSION))
>>> should become   $(2)_VERSION := $$(subst /,_,$($(3)_VERSION))
>>
>>  No, that doesn't make a difference, because the $(MYPKG_VERSION) is still
>> expanded too early.
>>
> 
> I'm pretty sure I said this before, but all these $$$$'s are making me dizzy...
> :-D

 There shouldn't be a need for 4 $$$$'s. The ones in pkg-autotools could be avoided.

 Regards,
 Arnout

> 
> I will do a test with your suggestion, thanks!
> 
> Best regards,
> Thomas
> 


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