config/backend.in
author "Benoît THÉBAUDEAU" <benoit.thebaudeau@advansee.com>
Wed Jun 08 15:47:43 2011 +0200 (2011-06-08)
changeset 2508 9e2761e59a75
parent 1878 2c577664a23d
permissions -rw-r--r--
debug/cross-gdb: check host dependencies

Cross-gdb depends on expat and python. If either is missing, cross-gdb will
build successfully, but lacking some features.

Especially, if expat is missing, cross-gdb will be unable to parse the target
description, which may lead to runtime malfunctions and the following GDB
warning:
"Can not parse XML target description; XML support was disabled at compile time"

Hence, expat should be considered mandatory.

On the other hand, the features missing without python are not critical, so
python should not be considered mandatory.

This patch does the following:
- At configure time, warn the user if either expat or python is missing.
- In menuconfig, disable the static build options regarding cross-gdb if no
static version of expat is available, and disable cross-gdb if expat is
missing.

Signed-off-by: "Benoît THÉBAUDEAU" <benoit.thebaudeau@advansee.com>
[yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr: add comment for impossible static cross-gdb]
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
     1 # Options specific to crosstool-NG acting as a backend
     2 
     3 config IS_A_BACKEND
     4     string
     5     option env="CT_IS_A_BACKEND"
     6 
     7 config BACKEND
     8     bool
     9     default y if IS_A_BACKEND = "y" || IS_A_BACKEND = "Y"
    10 
    11 config BACKEND_ARCH
    12     string
    13     option env="CT_BACKEND_ARCH"
    14 
    15 config BACKEND_KERNEL
    16     string
    17     option env="CT_BACKEND_KERNEL"
    18 
    19 config BACKEND_LIBC
    20     string
    21     option env="CT_BACKEND_LIBC"