[ANN] U-Boot v2024.10-rc1 released

[Simon Glass]

Hi Frank,

On Wed, 24 Jul 2024 at 11:10, Frank Wunderlich <frank-w at public-files.de> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 24. Juli 2024 um 16:37 Uhr
> > Von: "Simon Glass" <sjg at chromium.org>
> > An: "Frank Wunderlich" <frank-w at public-files.de>
> > Cc: "Tom Rini" <trini at konsulko.com>, u-boot at lists.denx.de, u-boot-custodians at lists.denx.de, u-boot-board-maintainers at lists.denx.de
> > Betreff: Re: [ANN] U-Boot v2024.10-rc1 released
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Tue, 23 Jul 2024 at 07:44, Frank Wunderlich <frank-w at public-files.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > i notice build-error because of CONFIG_TOOLS_MKEFICAPSULE is set automaticly and does not find an include
> > >
> > > https://github.com/frank-w/u-boot/actions/runs/10059612312/job/27805232284
> > >
> > > tools/mkeficapsule.c:20:10: fatal error: gnutls/gnutls.h: No such file or directory
> > >    20 | #include <gnutls/gnutls.h>
> > >       |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > >
> > > solved it temporary by adding CONFIG_TOOLS_MKEFICAPSULE=n to my configs/mt7622_bpi-r64_defconfig
> > >
> > > commit: https://github.com/frank-w/u-boot/commit/2640a8881d3c6a232575f46b0f2b8a0217b6d639
> > > fixed pipeline: https://github.com/frank-w/u-boot/actions/runs/10059965071
> > >
> > > breaking commit seems to be
> > >
> > > b7a625b1ce49 tools: Build mkeficapsule tool by default if EFI_LOADER is set
> > >
> > > i have EFI_LOADER set to y,but it is unclear where the header-file should be...i do not find any gnutls.h in my tree
> >
> > We should really build all tools always, where possible.
>
> why require more depencies for tools which are most likely not used by users...in my case i do not need the mkeficapsule ;)
>
> the gnutls error i get only in pipeline...maybe on my host i have the required lib somewhere in the common includes of gcc crosscompiler.
>
> on my laptop i get a different error but also on mkeficapsule tool
>
> tools/mkeficapsule.c:18:10: fatal error: uuid/uuid.h: No such file or directory
>    18 | #include <uuid/uuid.h>
>       |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> i guess this can be installed with "apt-get install uuid-dev" but why should i fix the depency if i do not need the tool?

Because it is confusing for packagers to deal with adding special
config options in order to build all the tools. So we try to build
them all, always.

Regards,
Simon