Re: [PATCH 2/4] linux-tools: don't build perf when GPLv3 in INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE

[Andrei Gherzan <andrei@gherzan.ro>]

On 01/25/2012 01:59 AM, Saul Wold wrote:
> On 01/24/2012 03:42 PM, Khem Raj wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Joshua Lock<josh@linux.intel.com>  
>> wrote:
>>> Long term we should look at moving perf to a separate recipe but as a
>>> short term solution this patch will ensure that when GPLv3 is in
>>
>> would I be asking too much to do that instead of this patch :)
>> I think it will be good thing in general since other layers
>> now have to define these tasks if they inherit from oe-core kernel 
>> class.
>>
> Khem,
>
> The issue is timing and resources to do this work, it a larger task 
> that may take more than a few days to refactor perf into it's own 
> recipe and share the source area (ala work-shared/gcc).  We need to 
> get the non-GPLv3 build working again and this seems like the most 
> direct route to accomplish that.
>
> Sau!
>

This is a good workaround for this bug. Obviously a "refactor way" would 
be a better one in my opinion too. But for now, as this bug breaks a 
non-GPLv3 build, a fast solution, like this, is needed.


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