[OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] vte-native: reduce c++ requirements from c++17 -> c++14

richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org
Tue Apr 30 10:53:24 UTC 2019


On Tue, 2019-04-30 at 12:48 +0200, Alexander Kanavin wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 at 23:22, <richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org>
> wrote:
> > vte-native of an older version is looking like the best option
> > unless
> > Alex says I'm mis-remembering...
> 
> I checked what --enable-vte actually does in combination with the gtk
> UI in qemu, and it makes the serial console tab in the gtk ui behave
> like a real gnome-terminal tab (selection, scrolling etc). In the
> absence of vte support, the serial console tab is still there and you
> can still log in and issue commands, but it is more "dumb" regarding
> terminal capabilities. This serial console is an addition to the main
> tab where the output from the virtual graphical card goes.
> 
> So to conclude: we can split the vte option into its own
> PACKAGECONFIG, and leave it disabled for native. I would rather do
> this, than make vte and vte-native versions diverge.

Sounds like a plan, can someone send me a patch please! :)

Cheers,

Richard



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