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From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>
Cc: Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@google.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>,
	Michal Marek <michal.lkml@markovi.net>,
	Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>,
	Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com>,
	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org>,
	devicetree@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] config: Using HOSTPKG_CONFIG prefix for pkg-config
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2022 10:27:05 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220302102705.15c32822@gandalf.local.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAL_JsqK59GGhYQSEWvb=HtHTwMh=LXomu2zX4dEQeo4s3A0VtQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, 2 Mar 2022 08:18:15 -0600
Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 5:07 PM Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@google.com> wrote:
> >
> > In some parts, pkg-config does not use appropriate $BUILDROOT prefix.  
> 
> The kernel tree knows nothing about buildroot. Please reword this in a
> more generic way that you need to override the host pkg-config.

I don't even know what $BUILDROOT is ;-)

But I do know that it's good practice to allow pkg-config to be overridden.
I have several user space tools that needed it done to allow distros to
install them properly.

Would you be OK with a description like:

    Allow kernel installation packaging to override pkg-config.

?

> 
> > The patch adds HOSTPKG_CONFIG prefix for pkg-config to fix the issue.

A couple of things. It is consider poor form to reference "the patch".
Another thing is that this is not a prefix for pkg-config, it is overriding
what pkg-config is used during the build process.

    Add HOSTPKG_CONFIG to allow tooling that builds the kernel to override
    what pkg-config and parameters are used.

Something like that.

-- Steve



> >
> > Signed-off-by: Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@google.com>

  reply	other threads:[~2022-03-02 15:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-03-01 23:06 [PATCH] config: Using HOSTPKG_CONFIG prefix for pkg-config Chun-Tse Shao
2022-03-02 14:18 ` Rob Herring
2022-03-02 15:27   ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2022-03-02 19:36     ` [PATCH v2] config: Allow kernel installation packaging to override pkg-config Chun-Tse Shao
2022-03-02 21:48       ` Nick Desaulniers
2022-03-03 12:42         ` Steven Rostedt
2022-03-03 18:41           ` Nick Desaulniers
2022-03-03 23:50             ` [PATCH v3] " Chun-Tse Shao

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