docs/7 - Contributing to crosstool-NG.txt
author "Benoît THÉBAUDEAU" <benoit.thebaudeau@advansee.com>
Thu Jul 28 22:09:31 2011 +0200 (2011-07-28)
changeset 2573 424fa2092ace
parent 2077 b11117cdfdf7
child 2700 e8d25b041de5
permissions -rw-r--r--
scripts/libc: do not build add-ons by default

Currently, no --enable-add-ons option is passed to libc configure when
"$(do_libc_add_ons_list ,)" is empty, which makes configure automatically search
for present add-ons. In that case, all present add-ons are built, although
no add-on was selected by the user in the config. Moreover, this can make the
configure fail if some non-standard add-ons like eglibc-localedef are present.

This behavior also leads to an inconsistency from a user point of view between
the following cases:
- LIBC_ADDONS_LIST="", LIBC_GLIBC_USE_PORTS=n and THREADS="none" in the config,
which makes "$(do_libc_add_ons_list ,)" return "", so all present add-ons
are built.
- LIBC_ADDONS_LIST="", LIBC_GLIBC_USE_PORTS=n and THREADS!="none" in the
config, which makes "$(do_libc_add_ons_list ,)" return the add-on supporting
the chosen threading implementation, e.g. "nptl", so only this add-on is
built.

This patch disables the building of all add-ons in that case.

It is still possible to build all present add-ons by adding --enable-add-ons to
LIBC_GLIBC_EXTRA_CONFIG_ARRAY.

Signed-off-by: "Benoît THÉBAUDEAU" <benoit.thebaudeau@advansee.com>
     1 File.........: 7 - Contributing to crosstool-NG.txt
     2 Copyright....: (C) 2010 Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
     3 License......: Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike (CC-by-sa), v2.5
     4 
     5 
     6 Contributing to crosstool-NG  /
     7 _____________________________/
     8 
     9 
    10 Sending a bug report |
    11 ---------------------+
    12 
    13 If you need to send a bug report, please send a mail with subject
    14 prefixed with "[CT_NG]" with to following destinations:
    15     TO: yann.morin.1998 (at) anciens.enib.fr
    16     CC: crossgcc (at) sourceware.org
    17 
    18 
    19 Sending patches |
    20 ----------------+
    21 
    22 If you want to enhance crosstool-NG, there's a to-do list in the TODO file.
    23 
    24 Patches should come with the appropriate SoB line. A SoB line is typically
    25 something like:
    26    Signed-off-by: John DOE <john.doe@somewhere.net>
    27 
    28 The SoB line is clearly described in Documentation/SubmittingPatches , section
    29 12, of your favourite Linux kernel source tree.
    30 
    31 
    32 For larger or more frequent contributions, mercurial should be used.
    33 There is a nice, complete and step-by-step tutorial in section 'C'.