From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jonathan Larmour To: Dan Conti Cc: eCos Subject: Re: [ECOS] NASTY bug in eCos ConfigTool 1.3.1.2 Win32 Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 12:19:00 -0000 Message-id: <3B27BCA0.F9EBD55D@redhat.com> References: X-SW-Source: 2001-06/msg00473.html Dan Conti wrote: > > 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, See my earlier clarification. > how much longer before the new tool comes out of > alpha? As long as it takes? No one has funded this work, so there is no ETA on completion. If someone wants to fund this work, then there will be :-). There are all sorts of wonderful host side improvements and new tools that would help users a lot, but they won't happen without some level of (paying) customer demand. > Additionally, with the consistency issues, does the 2.0 alpha > tool work properly with older eCos repositories? The MLT files are incompatible with 1.3.1 era repositories. This is unavoidable. Jifl -- Red Hat, Rustat House, Clifton Road, Cambridge, UK. Tel: +44 (1223) 271062 Maybe this world is another planet's Hell -Aldous Huxley || Opinions==mine Come to the Red Hat TechWorld open source conference in Brussels! Keynotes, techie talks and exhibitions http://www.redhat-techworld.com/