Re: [OE-core] [PATCH] cross-canadian.bbclass: Add BASECANADIANEXTRAOS to specify main extraos

2016-08-09 Thread Huang, Jie (Jackie)
e > Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 5:36 AM > To: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org > Subject: [OE-core] [PATCH] cross-canadian.bbclass: Add BASECANADIANEXTRAOS to > specify main > extraos > > By default the system will expand the extra os entries for uclibc and musl >

Re: [OE-core] [PATCH] cross-canadian.bbclass: Add BASECANADIANEXTRAOS to specify main extraos

2015-12-07 Thread Mark Hatle
Sorry forgot to setup a cover letter. The issue is that various extra OS entries cause numerous symlinks to be set. These symlinks can cause confusion for someone looking in the directory. They may think uclibc or musl is actually supported. However, the real problem is when you build an SDK for

[OE-core] [PATCH] cross-canadian.bbclass: Add BASECANADIANEXTRAOS to specify main extraos

2015-12-07 Thread Mark Hatle
By default the system will expand the extra os entries for uclibc and musl even if they are not enabled in the build. There was no way to prevent this behavior while still getting the expansion for things like x32 or spe. The change adds a new setting which a distribution creator can override eas