[OE-core] [PATCH] libsdl: Only enable X11 support when the DISTRO supports it

Otavio Salvador otavio.salvador at ossystems.com.br
Tue Mar 15 11:01:13 UTC 2016


On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 6:26 PM, Burton, Ross <ross.burton at intel.com> wrote:
>
> On 14 March 2016 at 21:23, Otavio Salvador
> <otavio.salvador at ossystems.com.br> wrote:
>>
>> Do you mind to explain to me why?
>>
>> I would like to try to see your view on this.
>
>
> libsdl is a good example to be honest.  Why does your choice of target
> distro features decide what libraries the native sdl should use?  Respecting
> them means in this case that you can't have a graphical qemu.  Taking it to
> hypotheticals, just because my target is pure Wayland doesn't mean I expect
> sdl to build for Wayland without X11, especially if my desktop is X11 based.

I agree with the overall goal here however this means we ought to have
a HOST_DISTRO_FEATURES setting and not ignore it at all.

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