Re: [OE-core][PATCH v2 1/2] bitbake.conf: Split optimization into common part

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

On Mon, 2020-11-23 at 20:00 +0100, Andrej Valek wrote:
> This option allows correctly handle the release/debug flags separation in
> upper recipe like cmake. Adopt SELECTED_OPTIMIZATION usage in other
> recipes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrej Valek <andrej.valek@siemens.com>
> Signed-off-by: Pascal Bach <pascal.bach@siemens.com>
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Freihofer <adrian.freihofer@siemens.com>
> ---
>  meta/conf/bitbake.conf                            | 7 ++++---
>  meta/conf/distro/include/security_flags.inc       | 8 ++++----
>  meta/conf/local.conf.sample.extended              | 1 +
>  meta/recipes-devtools/valgrind/valgrind_3.16.1.bb | 1 +
>  4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

I am a bit worried about this as we're effectively letting cmake's idea
of flags separation determine how we have to set things in OE. Once we
go down this route, we're going to have problems any time we try and
add a new compiler flag.

What does this buy us in the end?

Cheers,

Richard