RE: [ECOS] NASTY bug in eCos ConfigTool 1.3.1.2 Win32

["Dan Conti" <danc at iobjects dot com>]

You can actually make the '*' appear by clicking anywhere else in the
config.
In general the config tool is less than perfect, there are other things
it doesn't do, like if you change the memory layout it won't properly
recreate the target.ld file (if you manually delete the target.ld, then
save, it will create it properly i think). also there are other changes
that dont propogate through the config tree properly, like if you unload
a package, but dont change any of the configuration options, it doesn't
update any of the libraries, so even though the package is absent in the
config, it is still present in the libraries.

On a related note for the RedHat folks, since the old config tool is no
longer maintained, how much longer before the new tool comes out of
alpha? Additionally, with the consistency issues, does the 2.0 alpha
tool work properly with older eCos repositories?

-Dan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trenton D. Adams [mailto:tadams@extremeeng.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 8:11 AM
> To: 'Julian Smart'
> Cc: 'eCos'
> Subject: RE: [ECOS] NASTY bug in eCos ConfigTool 1.3.1.2 Win32
> 
> 
> I've got another bug to report associated with the last one.  Change
> from RAM to ROM support, or the other way around.  Now pick a previous
> project from the recent file list.  Say no, you don't want to 
> save.  The
> program will crash.
> 
> I'm not using the 2.0 alpha config tool so maybe you could 
> check if the
> bug is there too.
> 
> 
> p.s.
> You can make the '*' appear if you click on the text to the 
> left of the
> ROM/RAM combo box labeled "Startup type".
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julian Smart [mailto:julians@redhat.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 8:49 AM
> To: Trenton D. Adams
> Subject: RE: [ECOS] NASTY bug in eCos ConfigTool 1.3.1.2 Win32
> 
> 
> At 08:40 AM 6/13/01 -0600, you wrote:
> >Ok, I'm starting out with a project that has already been saved.
> >
> >Now I change from RAM to ROM, or the other way around.
> >
> >Now you know the little '*' that usually appears to indicate you've 
> >made a change?  Well, it doesn't appear.  If I click on save 
> anyhow and
> 
> >then exit, and come back in, the RAM/ROM option I changed is back to 
> >the way it was before the change.  If I don't click on Save but I do 
> >exit, it asks me if I want to save.  If I select yes, then 
> the option 
> >is actually saved, and is there when I come back in.  I have 
> also tried
> 
> >going "File|Save As" and selecting the same filename, but 
> that doesn't 
> >work either.
> >
> >Understood?
> 
> Yes, many thanks for the explanation -- I'll look into it as soon as I
> can.
> 
> Julian
> 
> 
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