Re: [PATCH 0 of 1] Add autoconf as a compantion tool

["Yann E. MORIN" <yann dot morin dot 1998 at anciens dot enib dot fr>]

Richard, All,

On Sunday 10 January 2010 22:06:42 Richard Strand wrote:
> This patch is an inital attempt at adding autoconf to make sure I have the
> right idea.

I'll comment in the patch.

> This initial version builds autoconf so it is used when compiling the rest
> of the toolchain. As it is needed for the patch stage for a number of the
> tools I have to compile and install it outside of the standard steps cycle.

Yep, I had forgotten that. Nice you spot it!

> So it can be used afterwards with the toolchain should I add a symlink to the
> {CT_PREFIX_DIR}/bin (maybe an option to do this in the config)?

There's already ${CT_WORK_DIR}/bin in the PATH. Change that to be:
${CT_TARGET}/tools/bin (in a separate patch), and then install the
companion tools with --prefix="${CT_TARGET}/tools"

> I realise I haven't added any help items for the menuconfig but I wanted to
> make sure the functionality was correct first.

Yes, that's perfectly OK for now!

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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