From: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] Question: := vs = in package *.mk files
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:40:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wrcjmau6.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111005090428.34c8f565@skate> (Thomas Petazzoni's message of "Wed, 5 Oct 2011 09:04:28 +0200")
>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> writes:
Hi,
Thomas> In package definition, Peter has said that he preferred the usage of
Thomas> '=' except when it would create a noticeable performance problem. So
Thomas> for all package definitions such as _SITE, _VERSION, _SOURCE,
Thomas> _AUTORECONF, _INSTALL_STAGING, etc. the '=' sign is the one to choose.
Indeed. And the reason for this is that it fixes ordering issues because
of the late bindings, so you don't need to be careful about using
"outside" variables within a package .mk
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-05 20:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-05 0:55 [Buildroot] Question: := vs = in package *.mk files H Hartley Sweeten
2011-10-05 7:04 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2011-10-05 20:40 ` Peter Korsgaard [this message]
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