[oe] [RFC] Adding eglibc versions of minimal and micro distro

[Khem Raj]

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Tom Rini<trini at embeddedalley.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 02:28:27PM -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
>> On (18/08/09 08:44), Tom Rini wrote:
>> > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 11:29:31PM -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
>> > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Tom Rini<trini at embeddedalley.com> wrote:
>> > > > On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 10:21:31AM -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
>> > > >> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Tom Rini<trini at embeddedalley.com> wrote:
>> > > >> > On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 02:51:38PM -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
>> > > >> >
>> > > >> >> Hi
>> > > >> >>
>> > > >> >> I would like to add minimal-eglibc and micro-eglibc distros on same
>> > > >> >> lines as -uclibc one's
>> > > >> >>
>> > > >> >> Any objections ?
>> > > >> >
>> > > >> > minimal-uclibc and micro-uclibc should go away and just pickup from LIBC
>> > > >> > being passed in / set.
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Ideally yes but there are other things like libintl libiconv etc which
>> > > >> needs special handling
>> > > >> for uclibc. So having uclibc counterparts is good.
>> > > >
>> > > > I don't follow.  LIBC, and the associated inc file set the preferred
>> > > > providers correctly.  Or are you talking about sharing the same TMPDIR
>> > > > for > 1 distro ?
>> > >
>> > > If u dont set LIBC then by default glibc is picked. Now it will pick
>>
>> >
>> > If you don't set LIBC that's not a valid distribution configuration.
>>
>> True however I was talking in context of minimal and micro distros, not in general.
>
> minimal and micro aren't allowed to opt out of {uclibc,eglibc,glibc}.inc
> and the LIBC variable, so you've lost me.
>
>> > > eglibc instead
>> > > not many users override LIBC in there local.conf this way eglibc will
>> > > get more tested
>> >
>> > So the default should be: LIBC ?= "eglibc" then for minimal, to pull in
>> > the eglibc.inc file that sets libintl/iconv/etc.
>>
>> yes
>
> So are we on the same page again, micro/minimal-uclibc can go away and
> micro/minimal can ?= LIBC? :)

no. LIBC provides other packages too which is different for uclibc
its same for glibc and eglibc so having same for glibc and eglibc is ok but not
for uclibc

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