From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-pw0-f47.google.com ([209.85.160.47]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OLmbo-0000Ly-Ey for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:24:01 +0200 Received: by pwj4 with SMTP id 4so1599640pwj.6 for ; Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:19:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=cpjdwlypcKs9oS3lrijvKnIORQt0r/VDdFBlcM5XOuI=; b=iLYcmKc5Bcz/J8rwVhRo/Z1Go10uG8jcND4MUtSG1bLio69RVTJgXbVJ8b3ygYF136 q6GXVXDQbyj9ZlfrJy7v63sg+0G6uGr7eAMeV8w9DmkxtMthv2DRzV27kL0us1HVXLKl maEwPreeO0p6e6nySbeUWgXixx4VhF/2OyLZY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=wnwYqOX2dlmz45NiuwCTGU7oj+pQHZpXdAyfv+FdO5LILV9uFbQ7XDhOYWZUDEEwkw zntDSmzVO5xTp/L9///vSRaMddF/HOKJXGGs0qMcfrTk8CyMdKrniz6Cr45gDqDBz2bw zEbrL4rFDtHPXXkPqciMB7nhLHXeJb3LfPIK8= Received: by 10.142.117.14 with SMTP id p14mr11145206wfc.144.1275956378914; Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:19:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gmail.com (99-57-141-118.lightspeed.sntcca.sbcglobal.net [99.57.141.118]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 21sm3450823pzk.12.2010.06.07.17.19.37 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:19:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 17:19:41 -0700 From: Khem Raj To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org Message-ID: <20100608001941.GA26738@gmail.com> References: <4C0D498A.4030709@mentor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 209.85.160.47 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: raj.khem@gmail.com X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on discovery X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:20:07 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on linuxtogo.org) Subject: Re: [PATCH, RFC] Add linux-libc-headers-native, make it default dep for native 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, 08 Jun 2010 00:24:01 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On (07/06/10 14:31), Chris Larson wrote: > On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Khem Raj wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Tom Rini 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. > -- > Christopher Larson > clarson at kergoth dot com > Founder - BitBake, OpenEmbedded, OpenZaurus > Maintainer - Tslib > Senior Software Engineer, Mentor Graphics > _______________________________________________ > Openembedded-devel mailing list > Openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org > http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-devel