Re: [PATCH, RFC] Add linux-libc-headers-native, make it default dep for native

[Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>]

On (07/06/10 14:31), Chris Larson wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Tom Rini <tom_rini@mentor.com> wrote:
> > > On some host distributions the provided linux kernel headers are too old
> > > to compile utilities we need[1].  Given that we need these utilities to
> > > run things on the target the best solution is to provide
> > > linux-libc-headers-native.  Rather than get things into an inconsistent
> > > state, we make linux-libc-headers-native be a default dependency.
> >
> > could it be made optional so people who use distribution where this is not
> > needed are not penalized.
> >
> 
> You mean like ASSUME_PROVIDED += "linux-libc-headers-native"?

heh sure,I had that in mind but I was thinking if it was otherway around
where the distros which new these headers have to specify to include them
and not the ones which already have them.


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