Re: [RFC] Adding eglibc versions of minimal and micro distro

[Tom Rini <trini@embeddedalley.com>]

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 02:28:27PM -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
> On (18/08/09 08:44), Tom Rini wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 11:29:31PM -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
> > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Tom Rini<trini@embeddedalley.com> wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 10:21:31AM -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
> > > >> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Tom Rini<trini@embeddedalley.com> wrote:
> > > >> > On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 02:51:38PM -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
> > > >> >
> > > >> >> Hi
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> I would like to add minimal-eglibc and micro-eglibc distros on same
> > > >> >> lines as -uclibc one's
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> Any objections ?
> > > >> >
> > > >> > minimal-uclibc and micro-uclibc should go away and just pickup from LIBC
> > > >> > being passed in / set.
> > > >>
> > > >> Ideally yes but there are other things like libintl libiconv etc which
> > > >> needs special handling
> > > >> for uclibc. So having uclibc counterparts is good.
> > > >
> > > > I don't follow.  LIBC, and the associated inc file set the preferred
> > > > providers correctly.  Or are you talking about sharing the same TMPDIR
> > > > for > 1 distro ?
> > > 
> > > If u dont set LIBC then by default glibc is picked. Now it will pick
> 
> > 
> > If you don't set LIBC that's not a valid distribution configuration.
> 
> True however I was talking in context of minimal and micro distros, not in general.

minimal and micro aren't allowed to opt out of {uclibc,eglibc,glibc}.inc
and the LIBC variable, so you've lost me.

> > > eglibc instead
> > > not many users override LIBC in there local.conf this way eglibc will
> > > get more tested
> > 
> > So the default should be: LIBC ?= "eglibc" then for minimal, to pull in
> > the eglibc.inc file that sets libintl/iconv/etc.
> 
> yes

So are we on the same page again, micro/minimal-uclibc can go away and
micro/minimal can ?= LIBC? :)

-- 
Tom Rini