2010/10/7 Khem Raj <raj.k...@gmail.com>: > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 12:56 AM, Koen Kooi <k.k...@student.utwente.nl> wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 07-10-10 03:46, Khem Raj wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> Following set of patches is v2 of the patches adding support for getting >>> libtool 2.4 into >>> openemebedded. I have so far built minimal-image for two machines >>> successfully using old >>> and new libtool. >>> >>> The libtool sysroot feature knob is added through LIBTOOL_HAS_SYSROOT >>> variable. If this is >>> set to "yes" then you ought to use libtool > 2.4 by default its set to "no" >>> which means >>> the current behavior remains. >>> >>> The big change that libtool 2.4 brings is sysroot support and I have added >>> support to use this feature. It should make our life easier. >>> >>> This needs a lot of testing. >>> >>> Please cherry pick the patch bundle and give it a try in yout environment >> >> Can you apply these to a branch so we can add fixes there if needed? > > I can do that. However now that backward compatibility is left intact I think > it would not be that bad to merge it into master and fix things on > master. the libtool > 2.4 would have DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1" by default it wont be picked by > anyone. > with the number of developers we have it will get better testing before we > accumulate too many changes on a branch. Secondly there might be changes like > gnutls one where the patch is only valid for new libtool and should be tested > in old and new way. If there is any breakage introduced in existing build will > be caught quickly. Where as on branch resources might be divided and it may > not progress so well. I am just weighing efforts Vs. risk here and > risk seems low > > Thanks > -Khem > >>
Personally I'm in favour of merging into head. That way it gets accepted easier and faster. Frans. _______________________________________________ Openembedded-devel mailing list Openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-devel