[Buildroot] [RFC] external toolchain scanner

[Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>]

>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> writes:

Hi,

 >> But it's probably best to implement the first scenario and see where we go from
 >> there.

 > To be honest, I find all of this very complicated, and even more
 > confusing than what we have today. Using custom external toolchain is
 > already an "advanced" feature, which users just getting started with
 > Buildroot are unlikely to use. To me, using custom external toolchain
 > is a bit of an advanced functionality, and people who need that will
 > surely be able to understand the information they need to fill in
 > "menuconfig" to make Buildroot "accept" the toolchain.

Yes, I'm also not really sure what realistic use cases this scripts
covers.

 >> But perhaps that would be an easier first step. Instead of just reporting one
 >> single error, report all errors and the correct config options so the user can
 >> edit the .config file and add them.

 > Yes. *This* would be useful.

Agreed.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard