From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [71.6.201.124] (helo=easi.embeddedalley.com) by linuxtogo.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MdYEp-00083T-5M for openembedded-devel@openembedded.org; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:37:11 +0200 Received: (qmail 23786 invoked from network); 18 Aug 2009 23:20:03 -0000 Received: from easi.embeddedalley.com (HELO localhost) (easi@71.6.201.124) by easi.embeddedalley.com with SMTP; 18 Aug 2009 16:20:03 -0700 Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:20:02 -0700 From: Tom Rini To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org Message-ID: <20090818232002.GZ2227@smtp.west.cox.net> References: <20090814215138.GB31011@gmail.com> <20090815022703.GH14883@smtp.west.cox.net> <19c1b8a90908151021s67bbdd9fh52a07dce6d51ace8@mail.gmail.com> <20090817234049.GH2227@smtp.west.cox.net> <19c1b8a90908172329p55250179od552cd94fa4cbff5@mail.gmail.com> <20090818154440.GQ2227@smtp.west.cox.net> <20090818212827.GA26614@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20090818212827.GA26614@gmail.com> Organization: Embedded Alley Solutions, Inc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Subject: Re: [RFC] Adding eglibc versions of minimal and micro distro X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:37:11 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 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 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