From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 31163 invoked by alias); 31 May 2007 17:24:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 31153 invoked by uid 22791); 31 May 2007 17:24:34 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from 204-133-123-27.dia.static.slbbi.com (HELO mail.chez-thomas.org) (204.133.123.27) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Thu, 31 May 2007 17:24:32 +0000 Received: by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix, from userid 999) id 19E741950108; Thu, 31 May 2007 11:24:29 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [192.168.1.101] (hermes_local [192.168.1.101]) by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF22E19500F6; Thu, 31 May 2007 11:24:27 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <465F04CB.3030302@mlbassoc.com> Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 17:30:00 -0000 From: Gary Thomas User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070301) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Paul D. DeRocco" CC: ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com References: <013401c7a3a7$9ddf46f0$887ba8c0@PAULD> In-Reply-To: <013401c7a3a7$9ddf46f0$887ba8c0@PAULD> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact ecos-discuss-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org Subject: Re: [ECOS] Re: eCos configuration question (was Re: [ECOS] General Q ...) X-SW-Source: 2007-05/txt/msg00217.txt.bz2 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Paul D. DeRocco wrote: >> From: Grant Edwards >> >> I don't think any of the "pros" do. AFAICT, it's just >> eye-candy to lessen the initial culture shock for Visual-C >> programmers. ;) > > Other than just a hackish preference for command lines, is there anything > that ecosconfig can do that configtool can't? The latter seems pretty > useful, as it lets you see all the documentation on options that is > otherwise scattered around a million .cdl files. > I for one rarely do anything that I can't script. ecosconfig works perfectly for this, the configtool does not. For example, I may build as many as 128 (or more) versions of RedBoot at one time, each requiring its own configuration, build tree, etc. If I *had* to do this with the GUI, I'd never get my work done! - -- - ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | Consulting for the MLB Associates | Embedded world - ------------------------------------------------------------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGXwTLmaKbSsQGV8ARAlEZAJ0elS7bIcQJzMakGbnjmG525LtbQgCeJVxx qq5xo4CJKVxOdYoOt0dz1GQ= =wt5f -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss