On Aug 26, 2013, at 10:59 AM, Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Khem Raj <raj.k...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Aug 25, 2013, at 7:46 PM, Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> A final (maybe .. hopefully!?) thought on this. Do drop this change, >>> but give me a >>> few minutes to remove the offending structure from linux-libc-headers_3.10. >>> That >>> will also protect all users of yocto, regardless of the kernel unless >>> they provide >>> their own libc-headers .. and then they are on their own :) >>> >>> That leaves the c library alone, and should buy us time to fix the >>> offending apps. >> >> this is not again the correct place to fix it. since you will back this out >> say later >> when all apps are fixed anyway. If we need to keep it I would rather have >> the app >> builds failing and keep it enabled and it should not be the guy who is doing >> the kernel >> headers upgrade to fix the whole ecosystem either. So add the headers by all >> means >> and leave the old headers in there until the apps work correctly with new >> headers. > > Whether or not to allow the apps to break, that's a call for Saul and > Richard. For > now, this fix works in all cases, and I'm able to build and boot with the 3.10 > kernel and matching headers. > > Given that we are about to hit the M4 freeze, I'd prefer this in now, > and the apps > fixed later. We need to get mileage with the matching headers and kernel. > > I think this is a good compromise for the time being, we've had far > nastier hacks in > the libc-headers in the past. It would make it harder to fix this problem in the app if we work is around this way :) while I see the your urgency of making 3.10 defaults. I don't think we should rush it but thats just me > > Bruce > > > > -- > "Thou shalt not follow the NULL pointer, for chaos and madness await > thee at its end" _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
