[OE-core] [PATCH 1/2] ncurses: add SYSROOT_DESTDIR for siteconfig_gencache

[Huang, Jie (Jackie)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: openembedded-core-bounces at lists.openembedded.org
> [mailto:openembedded-core-bounces at lists.openembedded.org] On Behalf Of
> Huang, Jie (Jackie)
> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2017 09:58
> To: BURTON, ROSS
> Cc: OE-core
> Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH 1/2] ncurses: add SYSROOT_DESTDIR for
> siteconfig_gencache
> 
> >
> >
> > From: Burton, Ross [mailto:ross.burton at intel.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2017 20:31
> > To: Huang, Jie (Jackie)
> > Cc: OE-core
> > Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH 1/2] ncurses: add SYSROOT_DESTDIR for
> siteconfig_gencache
> >
> >
> > On 31 May 2017 at 09:27, <jackie.huang at windriver.com> wrote:
> > +EXTRASITECONFIG = "CFLAGS='${CFLAGS} -
> I${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}${includedir}'"
> >
> > Why is this ncurses specific, it sounds like something which will impact all users
> of siteconfig?

Ping.

Is my explanation clear enough? What's the suggestion if it's not acceptable?

Thanks,
Jackie

> 
> My original issue is not ncurses specific, that is:
> After switching to RSS, the siteconfig cache files in ACLOCALDIR setup by
> autotools.bbclass was dropped, so searching
> the path ACLOCALDIR for siteconfig files ended up with nothing, which caused
> some package (like openhpi) fail to configure,
> so the "PATCH 2/2" change it back to search SITECONFIG_SYSROOTCACHE.
> 
> But I met the second issue after the that:
> util-linux depends on ncurses but the siteinfo in ncurses_config which is
> populated to SITECONFIG_SYSROOTCACHE  is not correct:
> ac_cv_header_curses_h=${ac_cv_header_curses_h=no}
> ac_cv_header_ncurses_h=${ac_cv_header_ncurses_h=no}
> 
> then it fails to build (it should be the same issue for other package that depend
> on ncurses), so this patch is needed.
> And the patch will only impact the packages that depend on ncurses, for those
> without dependency on ncurses, there
> is no ncurses_config at all in their own recipe-sysroot.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jackie
> 
> >
> > Ross
> >
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