TODO
author "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Thu Jan 24 22:21:19 2013 +0100 (2013-01-24)
changeset 3174 239ea86a47f6
parent 1731 648fcf1f4568
child 3306 80e46e644bc0
permissions -rw-r--r--
cc/gcc: remove 'sub-level' version form symbols

Now we use defconfig files to store the samples, we have to be a bit more
conservatives in the symbols names, so as to avoid gigantic version bumps
when updating sub-level versions from a package.

For example (using fictitious versions):
- in crosstool-NG 1.17.0, we choose:
- latest gcc is gcc-linaro-4.7-2012.10, which is the default for the
choice in the menuconfig
- gcc-linaro-4.6-2012.10 is selected
- so, sample has an explicit symbol for the selected gcc version, as it
is not the default
- we update to crosstool-NG 1.18.0:
- latest gcc version is gcc-linaro-4.7-2013.01
- gcc-linaro-46 has been updated to gcc-linaro-4.6-2013.01
- as the sample now has no *valid* symbol to set the gcc version, the
default is used, while we would have expected to still use the 4.6
release from linaro, not the 4.7

Get rid of sub-level (ie. the third digit sequence in versions) from the
symbols for linaro versions.

Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
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This is a somewhat ordered TODO list:
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Recurring tasks:
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- update versions for every tools...
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- update and/or upgrade all samples
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Non-recurring tasks:
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- update newlib (for enhanced bare metal)
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  - confirm existing implementation on targets other than AVR32
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  - try to make it generic, will help for uClibc++
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- multilib
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- Cygwin target (needs newlib)
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  - so we can build toolchains that generate code for Windows/Cygwin
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- Cygwin host
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  - so we can build toolchains that run natively under Windows/Cygwin
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- mingw32 target
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  - so we can build toolchains that generate code for Windows/Win32
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- mingw32 host
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  - so we can build toolchains that run natively under Windows/Win32
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    (without requiring Cygwin)
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- uClibc++
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  - see newlib, above
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- uClinux
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  - check whether we can use newlib under uClinux (?)