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From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
To: "Frager, Neal" <neal.frager@amd.com>
Cc: "newlib@sourceware.org" <newlib@sourceware.org>,
	"cjwfirmware@vxmdesign.com" <cjwfirmware@vxmdesign.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] configure: correct tooldir install path
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 18:07:38 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231215180738.4fde7cb9@windsurf> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CH2PR12MB50043E711DCB06FD78129A32F093A@CH2PR12MB5004.namprd12.prod.outlook.com>

On Fri, 15 Dec 2023 12:08:37 +0000
"Frager, Neal" <neal.frager@amd.com> wrote:

> > The configure script is generated from configure.ac, so you should not
> > patch configure but configure.ac.  
> 
> When building newlib, I am not seeing the configure script get
> generated.  If I only patch configure.ac, the configure script stays
> the same and my patch appears ignored.
> 
> Do you know what I could be missing?

Yes, you need to learn/read a bit about the autotools, and autoconf in
particular :-)

> I made this correction, and the --with-tooldir option only works
> if I patch it directly into the configure script.
> 
> Could you help me figure out what is missing?

See above :-)

Best regards,

Thomas
-- 
Thomas Petazzoni, co-owner and CEO, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering and training
https://bootlin.com

  reply	other threads:[~2023-12-15 17:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-12-15  9:55 Neal Frager
2023-12-15 10:33 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2023-12-15 12:08   ` Frager, Neal
2023-12-15 17:07     ` Thomas Petazzoni [this message]
2024-01-03 22:43     ` Jeff Johnston
2024-01-11 10:50 ` [PATCH v3 1/1] configure.ac: configurable " Neal Frager
2024-01-11 15:41   ` Mike Frysinger
2024-01-11 16:22     ` Frager, Neal
2024-01-11 17:07 ` [PATCH v4 " Neal Frager
2024-01-11 17:25   ` Mike Frysinger

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