[OE-core] [PATCH] bitbake.conf: Add comm to HOSTTOOLS

[Khem Raj]

On 1/29/18 10:38 PM, Alexander Kanavin wrote:
> On 01/29/2018 07:47 PM, Niko Mauno wrote:
>> This mitigates following issues during u-boot do_compile() step --
>> otherwise, if comm is not available, they are quietly ignored:
>>
>>    .../scripts/check-config.sh: line 33: comm: command not found
>>    .../scripts/check-config.sh: line 39: comm: command not found
>>
>> Since 'comm' is provided by coreutils package, adding it to HOSTTOOLS
>> was considered a lower impact fix compared to adding coreutils-native
>> buildtime dependency to u-boot recipe.
> 
> I disagree. Expanding HOSTTOOLS just to cater to the needs of a single 
> recipe is not optimal, IMO.

alternative are
build time dep on coreutils-native.
fix uboot script to not use comm
do not invoke check-config.sh at all.

none of them are any better.

> 
> Alex