[oe] What is the difference of classes sdk and nativesdk ?

[Chris Larson]

On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 7:01 AM, Hauser, Wolfgang (external) <
Wolfgang.Hauser.external at eads.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> in OE the class sdk is marked as deprecated and nativesdk should be
> used.
>
> But all toolchain recipes using sdk class.
>
> What is the difference/purpose of the nativesdk class ?
>
> It is used in OE in few cases, could it be mixed up with recipes
> inheriting sdk class while building a toolchain ?
>

A toolchain can contain both native and cross tools.  Hence the existence of
nativesdk and crosssdk.  "sdk" is from before those two were created, and
its naming is unclear about what it does.
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