[Buildroot] [RFC] external toolchain scanner
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Mon Jan 16 14:54:13 UTC 2017
>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com> writes:
Hi,
>> But it's probably best to implement the first scenario and see where we go from
>> there.
> To be honest, I find all of this very complicated, and even more
> confusing than what we have today. Using custom external toolchain is
> already an "advanced" feature, which users just getting started with
> Buildroot are unlikely to use. To me, using custom external toolchain
> is a bit of an advanced functionality, and people who need that will
> surely be able to understand the information they need to fill in
> "menuconfig" to make Buildroot "accept" the toolchain.
Yes, I'm also not really sure what realistic use cases this scripts
covers.
>> But perhaps that would be an easier first step. Instead of just reporting one
>> single error, report all errors and the correct config options so the user can
>> edit the .config file and add them.
> Yes. *This* would be useful.
Agreed.
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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