[OE-core] [PATCH 04/10] glibc: bring back the needed support for glibc recipes

[Kamble, Nitin A]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: openembedded-core-bounces at lists.openembedded.org
> [mailto:openembedded-core-bounces at lists.openembedded.org] On Behalf Of
> Tom Rini
> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 3:50 PM
> To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer
> Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH 04/10] glibc: bring back the needed
> support for glibc recipes
> 
> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Kamble, Nitin A
> <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: openembedded-core-bounces at lists.openembedded.org
> >> [mailto:openembedded-core-bounces at lists.openembedded.org] On Behalf
> Of
> >> Phil Blundell
> >> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 3:10 PM
> >> To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer
> >> Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH 04/10] glibc: bring back the needed
> >> support for glibc recipes
> >>
> >> On Thu, 2011-08-04 at 15:04 -0700, Kamble, Nitin A wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > -----Original Message-----
> >> > > From: openembedded-core-bounces at lists.openembedded.org
> >> > > [mailto:openembedded-core-bounces at lists.openembedded.org] On
> Behalf
> >> Of
> >> > > Phil Blundell
> >> > > Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 2:51 PM
> >> > > To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer
> >> > > Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH 04/10] glibc: bring back the
> needed
> >> > > support for glibc recipes
> >> > >
> >> > > On Thu, 2011-08-04 at 08:01 -0700, nitin.a.kamble at intel.com
> wrote:
> >> > > > From: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com>
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Signed-off-by: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com>
> >> > >
> >> > > This commit message is very terse.  Why is this change
> necessary?
> >> >
> >> > Because meta-x32 layer has glibc, which needs these support files.
> I
> >> will update the commit message in the tree.
> >>
> >> Can't the tclibc-glibc file go in meta-x32 as well, then?
> >>
> > It can go in the meta-x32 layer, but I think better place for this
> support file is in the meta layer. It would help avoid duplication of
> the code in multiple layers.
> 
> Part of the answer here is that obsolete / etc things don't belong in
> the core, but in other layers that need them.  My read on things is
> that we've removed glibc in favor of eglibc...

With high demand I will move the glibc file in the meta-x32 layer. I was trying to do what felt right at 1st, but I wasn't aware that eglibc is favored so much over glibc.
> 
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> Tom
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