Re: [PATCH] cmd1.bbclass: Ensure ncurses is built and used for menuconfig tasks

[Darren Hart <darren.hart@intel.com>]

On 05/31/2012 06:29 AM, Richard Purdie wrote:
> Currently, the task just exits if something goes wrong. This adds the
> ncurses-native dependency. It also adds a small delay before closing the
> window so any messages displayed there can be seen.
> 
> Trying to get the kernel build system to correctly find and link with
> our copy of ncurses is some kind of nightmare. I ended up having to add
> it to HOST_LOADLIBES globally for this task which is rather nasty but I
> couldn't find any other way.
> 
> [YOCTO #2513]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
> ---
> diff --git a/meta/classes/cml1.bbclass b/meta/classes/cml1.bbclass
> index d429188..bd25311 100644
> --- a/meta/classes/cml1.bbclass
> +++ b/meta/classes/cml1.bbclass
> @@ -9,9 +9,15 @@ addtask configure after do_unpack do_patch before do_compile
>  
>  inherit terminal
>  
> +OE_TERMINAL_EXPORTS += "HOST_EXTRACFLAGS HOSTLDFLAGS HOST_LOADLIBES"
> +HOST_EXTRACFLAGS = "${BUILD_CFLAGS} ${BUILD_LDFLAGS}"
> +HOSTLDFLAGS = "${BUILD_LDFLAGS}"
> +HOST_LOADLIBES = "-lncurses"
> +
>  python do_menuconfig() {
> -        oe_terminal("make menuconfig", '${PN} Configuration', d)
> +        oe_terminal("${SHELL} -c \"make menuconfig; echo 'Pausing for 5 seconds'; sleep 5\"", '${PN} Configuration', d)

Perhaps only sleeping if menuconfig returns non-zero? This would avoid
the unnecessary lag after a successful menuconfig session.

-- 
Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
Yocto Project - Linux Kernel