[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 1/1] gtest: update recipe to use autotools

[Carlos Santos <casantos@datacom.ind.br>]

> From: "Thomas Petazzoni" <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
> To: "Carlos Santos" <casantos@datacom.ind.br>
> Cc: buildroot at buildroot.org
> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 5:46:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH v2 1/1] gtest: update recipe to use autotools

> Dear Carlos Santos,
> 
> On Wed, 22 Apr 2015 17:29:28 -0300, Carlos Santos wrote:
> 
>> -$(eval $(cmake-package))
>> +$(eval $(autotools-package))
> 
> I still don't understand. Fabio quoted the README of gtest, which says:
> 
> """
> The Autotools build script (configure + make) is no longer officially
> supportted.  You are encouraged to migrate to your own build system or
> use CMake.
> """
> 
> So why moving from using the supported CMake to the no-longer supported
> autotools build system would be an improvement?
> 
> This really needs more explanations.

I agree that using autotools is not the ideal approach but so I don't have a solution to generate the gtest-config script using CMake. I will spend some additional time on this today and submit and alternate patch if possible.

> Thomas
> --
> Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
> Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
> http://free-electrons.com

Carlos Santos (Casantos)
DATACOM, P&D