[OE-core] [PATCH] libpng 1.6.13: fix build for aarch64

[Burton, Ross]

On 3 November 2014 17:13, Koen Kooi <koen at dominion.thruhere.net> wrote:

> Most likely not because we already have meta-aarch64 for the toolchain and
> kernel support. But aside from that, the past few *years* it wasn't a
> problem to get aarch64 related patches merged into OE-core, so why is there
> suddenly such a problem now?
>

Because oe-core was frozen and we were only taking serious fixes.  Now
there's a number of related patches that can and should be bundled up so
they can be tested as a whole.


> Furthermore, this libpng patch isn't strictly an aarch64 patch, it fixes a
> previous commit that should have been flagged in review as being wrong for
> using double qualifiers in a bogus way. So why did the culprit go in and
> the fix submitted 3 days later not?


That patch in particular?  Because humans are not infallible.  FWIW, this
is in my MUT now.

Ross
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