| Message ID | 1332285001-12881-4-git-send-email-s.martin49@gmail.com |
|---|---|
| State | Superseded |
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Hello Samuel, Good work. I'll try to reply to your introduction e-mail soon with general comments. Below some specific comments on this patch. Le Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:09:53 +0100, Samuel MARTIN <s.martin49@gmail.com> a écrit : > +Mandatory packages > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > + > +* Build tools: > +** +build-essential+ (only for Debian based system) > +** +gcc+ > +** +g+++ > +** +autoconf+ > +** +automake+ > +** +libtool+ autoconf/automake/libtool are not needed. > +** +bison+ > +** +flex+ > +** +gettext+ > +** +patch+ > +** +gawk+ gawk is not in the list of mandatory dependencies. For example, the crosstool-ng package builds host-gawk because it needs gawk. So this tool is not current part of the mandatory dependencies. > +* Source fetching tools: > +** +curl+ curl is not needed. > +** +wget+ > +** +cvs+ > +** +git+ > +** +mercurial+ > +** +subversion+ None of the version control systems are part of the mandatory dependencies. They will only be needed if the user has selected only one package that needs to be fetched from one of those version control system. I know it's nitpicking, but I think that one of the good thing with Buildroot is that the amount of mandatory dependencies on the host is relatively small, so it would be a shame to mark all those tools are mandatory even though they are not. > +* Development libraries: > +** +ncurses5+ > +** +lzo2+ > +** +lzma+ > +** +zlib1+ > +** +acl1+ > +** +uuid+ Except ncurses5, none of these libraries should be needed, I think. We build host-zlib when needed, and I don't see where the other libraries are coming from. > +* Documentation generation tools: > +** +asciidoc+ This one should be part of the optional dependencies, people /using/ Buildroot will not need to re-generate the documentation. > +** +texinfo+ > + > +[[requirement-optional]] > + > +Optional packages > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > + > +* Interface dependencies (requires development libraries): s/Interface/Configuration interface/ > +** +ncurses5+ to use the 'menuconfig' interface This one is already listed above as a mandatory dependency. > +** +qt4+ to use the 'xconfig' interface > +** +glib2+, +gtk2+ and +glade2+ to use the 'gconfig' interface > + > +* Development libraries: > +** +glib2+ > +** +netpbm10+ (for +fbtest+) > +** +python-xcbgen+ (for +Matchbox+ on Debian based system) Huh, why?!? We build host-libglib2 when needed, and the other ones should be fixed if they don't build correctly without those host components installed. > +** +jdk+ and and depending on the host system +gcj-compat+ for Java > +development (for +java+, +jamvm+ and +gnu-classpath+) We don't have Java packages anymore in Buildroot, at least at the moment. Best regards, Thomas
diff --git a/docs/manual/prerequisite.txt b/docs/manual/prerequisite.txt index f50672b..df1e6a8 100644 --- a/docs/manual/prerequisite.txt +++ b/docs/manual/prerequisite.txt @@ -1,2 +1,69 @@ +[[requirement]] System requirements ------------------- + +Buildroot is design to run on Linux system. + +Buildroot needs some software to be already installed on the host +system; hereafter the lists of the mandatory and optional packages +(packages' name may vary between distribution). + +Take care of _installing both runtime and development data_, especially +for the libraries that may be packaged in 2 distinct packages. + + +[[requirement-mandatory]] + +Mandatory packages +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +* Build tools: +** +build-essential+ (only for Debian based system) +** +gcc+ +** +g+++ +** +autoconf+ +** +automake+ +** +libtool+ +** +bison+ +** +flex+ +** +gettext+ +** +patch+ +** +gawk+ + +* Source fetching tools: +** +curl+ +** +wget+ +** +cvs+ +** +git+ +** +mercurial+ +** +subversion+ + +* Development libraries: +** +ncurses5+ +** +lzo2+ +** +lzma+ +** +zlib1+ +** +acl1+ +** +uuid+ + +* Documentation generation tools: +** +asciidoc+ +** +texinfo+ + +[[requirement-optional]] + +Optional packages +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +* Interface dependencies (requires development libraries): +** +ncurses5+ to use the 'menuconfig' interface +** +qt4+ to use the 'xconfig' interface +** +glib2+, +gtk2+ and +glade2+ to use the 'gconfig' interface + +* Development libraries: +** +glib2+ +** +netpbm10+ (for +fbtest+) +** +python-xcbgen+ (for +Matchbox+ on Debian based system) +** +jdk+ and and depending on the host system +gcj-compat+ for Java +development (for +java+, +jamvm+ and +gnu-classpath+) +
Signed-off-by: Samuel MARTIN <s.martin49@gmail.com> --- docs/manual/prerequisite.txt | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 67 insertions(+)