[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] Keep HOSTCFLAG and HOSTLDFLAGS consistent when Making Linux Kernel

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On 29-07-17 15:04, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Unrelated to your patch, but this $(HOSTCFLAGS) thing is messy. We
> actually have:
> 
>  - HOSTCFLAGS, defined in the main Makefile to the value of
>    $(CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD), which is empty. HOSTCFLAGS is then exported. It
>    was done this way a long time ago in commit
>    c0d7d4e0355b49b489d7235e945481cf5d32087f (from 2007) for kconfig.
>    I'm not sure we still need this.
> 
>  - HOST_CFLAGS, defined in package/Makefile.in, which actually contains
>    some useful flags. It is most likely the one we should pass as
>    HOSTCFLAGS in LINUX_MAKE_FLAGS.

 In addition, I see no reason why we would *override* the kernel's HOSTCFLAGS.
So I think the proper fix is to do HOST_EXTRACFLAGS=$(HOST_CFLAGS) instead.

 Regards,
 Arnout

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