Re: [PATCH] gcc-cross: Explicitly depend on linux-libc-headers

[Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Fri, 2012-11-23 at 12:16 +0000, Phil Blundell wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-11-23 at 12:01 +0000, Richard Purdie wrote:
> > I'm not sure "gratuitous" is entirely fair, the metadata as it stands
> > today is fairly linux centric.
> 
> For some (maybe large) parts of the metadata that's probably true, but
> gcc-cross does happen to be usable on non-linux with only minor
> adjustments to EXTRA_OECONF and it would be nice to keep it that way.
> 
> >I will however change this to use anonymous python despite the
> >performance and readability downsides 
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> >... since I appear to have hit some nerve.
> 
> I guess you could view it that way.  I am indeed sensitive to having my
> builds broken in easily-avoidable ways. 

I think the problem is that I can't reasonably know that you (or others)
are using the gcc-cross recipe for non-linux purposes. I've never seen
patches related to that or any other sign of it.

I now know this so I will try to account for it and the multitude of
other things I try and account for in future. You have implied this is
easily avoidable and it is, *if* you know what it is you're trying to
avoid (and can remember all of them).

Cheers,

Richard