On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 5:32 AM, Guo Hongruan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi guys, > I think we should upgrade PREFERRED_VERSION_glibc from 2.6 to 2.9 in > conf/distro/include/sane-toolchain.inc. The reasons are: > > 1. Most of distributions have upgraded their preferred glibc to 2.9 long > time ago. > conf/distro/angstrom-2008.1.conf:PREFERRED_VERSION_glibc ?= > "2.9" > conf/distro/angstrom-2008.1.conf:PREFERRED_VERSION_glibc-initial ?= > "2.9" > conf/distro/jlime-2009.1.conf:PREFERRED_VERSION_glibc-initial = "2.9" > conf/distro/jlime-2009.1.conf:PREFERRED_VERSION_glibc = "2.9" > conf/distro/kaeilos.conf:PREFERRED_VERSION_glibc ?= "2.9" > conf/distro/kaeilos.conf:PREFERRED_VERSION_glibc-initial ?= "2.9" > > from the above, you can get to know that most distributions have upgraded > their preferred glibc to 2.9 from 2008 ago. > > Of course, there are still some distributions which uses old glibc. The only > reason I guess is that we have not updated them for a long time. (for from > tinderbox, you can get to know that these distributions have not been built > for a long time) > > > 2. from tinderbox, you can see that the glibc-2.9 is well-tested, no > glibc-2.6 > http://tinderbox.openembedded.net/packages/?name=glibc&page=1 > > from the above link, you can get to know that the glibc-2.9 not glibc-2.6.1 > has had most testing. > > 3. the last reason is that I have built some projects with glibc-2.6, unless > with the old binutils, the glibc-2.6 always failed to build. > > So, I think it is the time to upgrade PREFERRED_VERSION_glibc to 2.9 in > sane-toolchian.inc
Yes I am ok with this. Infact you could even use 2.10.1 now you are at it and micro already did the change. > > -- > Guo Hongruan, Embedded Linux Consultant > Skype: camelguo > Twitter: camelguo > http://www.gulessoft.com > > _______________________________________________ > Openembedded-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-devel > _______________________________________________ Openembedded-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-devel
