Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] kconfig: refactor ncurses package checks for building mconf

[Masahiro Yamada]

2018-05-20 19:06 GMT+09:00 Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi Masahiro
>
> On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 05:16:52PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
>> The mconf (or its infrastructure, lxdiaglog) depends on ncurses.
>> Move and rename check-lxdialog.sh to mconf-cfg.sh to make it work in
>> the same way as for qconf and gconf.
>>
>> According to Randy's report, we still need to carry the fallback code
>> in case the pkg-config fails to find ncurses.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> -
>> -# Use recursively expanded variables so we do not call gcc unless
>> -# we really need to do so. (Do not call gcc as part of make mrproper)
>> -HOST_EXTRACFLAGS += $(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(check-lxdialog) -ccflags) \
>> -                    -DLOCALE
> ...
>
>>  # Add environment specific flags
>> -HOST_EXTRACFLAGS += $(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/$(src)/check.sh $(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS))
>> -HOST_EXTRACXXFLAGS += $(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/$(src)/check.sh $(HOSTCXX) $(HOSTCXXFLAGS))
>> -
>> +HOST_EXTRACFLAGS += $(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/$(src)/check.sh $(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS)) \
>> +                 -DLOCALE
>> +HOST_EXTRACXXFLAGS += $(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/$(src)/check.sh $(HOSTCXX) $(HOSTCXXFLAGS)) \
>> +                 -DLOCALE
>
> Any chance that the ugly hack in check.sh could be ported over to use pkg-config?
>
> There should be no need to specify both $(shell ...) AND $(CONFIG_SHELL)
> This was not introduced by this commit, but as the Makefile is cleaned up include this too.
>


Rather, I have been wondering if we could rip off the gettext stuff entirely...




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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada