From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix build system and configure script to use for cross build. Optional IPv6. Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:55:31 -0800 Message-ID: <20101210105531.47e9884a@nehalam> References: <1291995271-9912-1-git-send-email-serj.kalichev@gmail.com> <20101210081452.360e2689@nehalam> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Pkun Return-path: Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:33421 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753613Ab0LJSzn (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:55:43 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:13:28 +0300 Pkun wrote: > 2010/12/10 Stephen Hemminger : > > On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 18:34:31 +0300 > > Serj Kalichev wrote: > > > >> The Makefiles and configure script understand the external variables like > >> CC, CFLAGS, LDFLAGS etc. So it can be used for cross build easily. The > >> configure script use CC instead hardcoded gcc and search for the xtables > >> within specified SYSROOT but not on the host. Two checks were added. The > >> check for the IPv6 support and check for the Berkeley DB availability. > >> The iproute2 can be build without IPv6 now. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Serj Kalichev > > > > IPv6 support should not be optional. > > > > > > -- > > > > Why? I don't need an IPv6. Who need it - will switch it on. No problem > Because I want iproute to be a complete tool, not a user configurable nightmare. Just look at busybox to see what over configuration is.