Gentoo Archives: gentoo-embedded

From: "Dustin C. Hatch" <admiralnemo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-embedded@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] [PATCH] Move ARCH and ELIBC to local profile
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 02:05:53
Message-Id: 52EB04FC.7060706@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-embedded] [PATCH] Move ARCH and ELIBC to local profile by Joakim Tjernlund
1 On 01/30/2014 02:49 PM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
2 > Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote on 2014/01/30 20:12:54:
3 >
4 >> From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
5 >> To: gentoo-embedded@l.g.o
6 >> Cc: Joakim Tjernlund <Joakim.Tjernlund@×××××××××.se>
7 >> Date: 2014/01/30 20:13
8 >> Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] [PATCH] Move ARCH and ELIBC to local
9 > profile
10 >>
11 >> On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 17:58:46 Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
12 >>> As both ARCH and ELIBC are PROFILE_ONLY vars one cannot
13 >>> define these in make.conf.
14 >>> Move these to etc/portage/profile/make.defaults which is part
15 >>> of the profile.
16 >>
17 >> i've been thinking we should stop using the embedded profile entirely.
18 >> instead, scan profiles.desc and pick the first one there that matches
19 > ARCH.
20 >> -mike
21 >
22 > That would pull in a lot of pkgs into the embedded space, would it not?
23 >
24 >
25 I think so. I personally prefer to use the embedded profile and populate
26 the aforementioned variables in make.defaults. The default profiles have
27 too many use flags turned on to create small builds.
28
29 --
30 ♫Dustin
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