[U-Boot] [PATCH 4/4] tools/env: use host build flags

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Sun Nov 14 22:59:33 CET 2010


Dear Mike Frysinger,

In message <201011101755.54287.vapier at gentoo.org> you wrote:
>
> > > > Seems this was not a fix, but introduced an error.  Dp you agree to
> > > > revert that commit?
> > > 
> > > of course i disagree.  this change is a fix in my mind.
> > 
> > Please reconsider.  This has been working for nearly a decade, and now
> > it's broken.  I want to see this fixed.  If needed, by reverting the
> > commit that broke it.
>
> it's been working for your specific use cases.  it hasnt been working without 
> pains for everyone.

I agree you have a point.

But it is a change in behaviour, and what it makes worse it that it's
an undocumented one. Users who have been doing the same thing for a
decade suddenly find their old scripts are not working any more, and
there it even a hint of what they do now.

If we decide that such a change makes sense, then it must be
explained and documented properly.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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