[oe] [RFC] ANGSTROM_MODE -> SYSTYPE

[Khem Raj]

I agree we should make it global.

On Dec 14, 2007 6:39 PM, Paul Sokolovsky <pmiscml at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Openembedded-devel,
>
>    ANGSTROM_MODE config variable has proven to be very useful and
> successful feature during the Angstrom evolution. IMHO, it is worth
> generalization of its meaning and naming to become a generic
> additional OE distro configuration parameter. So, I'd like to propose
> it to be renamed to SYSTYPE, with the description "Select particular
> system variant of a distribution which supports such feature, e.g.,
> underlying libc type."
>
>   Obviously, it wouldn't be limited to libc type, but intended to be a
> generic sub-parameter of a distro, it could be debug/release type,
> size type (minimal/standard/extended), whatever. The usage idea is to
> have standard name for such generic parameter, plus semantically it
> should be expected that a distro allows to build different SYSTYPE's
> side-by-side in the same build dir (like Angstrom does for libc
> variants).
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
>  Paul                          mailto:pmiscml at gmail.com
>
>
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