[Buildroot] [PATCH v4 2/4] bdwgc: new package

[Yann E. MORIN]

Pedro, All,

On 2014-11-20 22:47 +0100, Pedro Aguilar spake thusly:
> On 18/11/2014 21:59, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> >Pedro, All,
> >
> >On 2014-11-06 22:48 +0100, Pedro Aguilar spake thusly:
> >>bdwgc is a garbage collector for C and C++. The Boehm-Demers-Weiser
> >>conservative garbage collector can be used as a garbage collecting
> >>replacement for C 'malloc' or C++ 'new'.
> >>
> >>Signed-off-by: Pedro Aguilar <paguilar at paguilar.org>
> >
> >I've had a cursory look at configure.ac, and it seems it detects C++ and
> >threading model, and does not need LFS.
> 
> It installs C++ support only with the --enable-cplusplus option that is not
> enabled by default and not needed by Guile.
> 
> Yes, it detects a threading model depending on the platform.
> Should I add to the Config.in the following?
> 
> comment "bdwgc needs a toolchain w/ threads"
>     depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS

No, that's Ok as-is, because configure detects the presence or abscence
of C++ and threads, so we need not depend on _HAS_THREADS or anything
else.

If that was wrong, the autobuilders will tell us, since they build a lot
of different combinations.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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