From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Korsgaard Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:59:44 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] advice on makefile In-Reply-To: <1207851468.6817.498.camel@nigel-x60> (Nigel Kukard's message of "Thu\, 10 Apr 2008 18\:17\:48 +0000") References: <1207827171.6817.432.camel@nigel-x60> <87tzi9apo6.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> <1207836719.6817.433.camel@nigel-x60> <8763upaice.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> <1207848484.6817.490.camel@nigel-x60> <1207848653.6817.493.camel@nigel-x60> <87fxtt8tur.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> <1207851468.6817.498.camel@nigel-x60> Message-ID: <871w5d8rj3.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net >>>>> "Nigel" == Nigel Kukard writes: Hi, Nigel> OMW!! ..... after looking over autotools .... I think it should rather Nigel> be improved and everything converted to autotools ... most of the stuff Nigel> is standardized then. It would just be a small task of catching some Nigel> specifics and adding a few more features... >> >> Yes, I also think that's the best long term solution (similar to how >> it's done in openwrt, openembedded, ...). Nigel> I think it needs a bit more magic though ... ;) Nigel> I'll convert some of the things I've done so far to beecrypt, Nigel> make files reduce from 100+ lines down to +- 10 ... its Nigel> amazing! Nigel> Do we have a wiki where this can be documented? would also Nigel> suggest we not accept any patches with manual makefiles? Nigel> unless there is a very good reason autotools cannot handle it, Nigel> in which case autotools should be fixed not complexity added. No, but we have docs/ ;) -- Bye, Peter Korsgaard