The CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE is currently set as 'Debug' in case BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG is
set, and as 'Release' in other cases. However, while the description of
BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG is to enable debug symbols (no runtime impact), the 'Debug'
build type in CMake can actually have runtime impact. For one, because it
does not set -DNDEBUG like is done for 'Release', but also because packages
may do custom things based on it.
The question of which CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Buildroot should set, be it 'Debug',
'Release', 'RelWithDebInfo' or others, has come up several times in the
past. See some references below:
- July 2016: switch from Debug to RelWithDebInfo:
https://git.buildroot.org/buildroot/commit/?id=4b0120183404913f7f7788ef4f0f6b51498ef363
- October 2016: switch from RelWithDebInfo back to Debug:
https://git.buildroot.org/buildroot/commit/?id=104bb29e0490bfb487e2e665448dd3ca07fcc2b5
and changes to make sure Buildroot's flags are respected:
https://git.buildroot.org/buildroot/commit/?id=12494ef48f893684d0800e7f6fe39a2ceaed0451
- August 2017: bug #10246 - "BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG does not have the expected
effect for cmake packages"
https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=10246
- August 2017: mail thread following bug #10246:
http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2017-August/200778.html
In the last mail thread, Samuel Martin confirmed that the 'Release' build
type could be used in all cases, because Buildroot is actually making sure
that the optimization flags are those determined by Buildroot, not the
defaults of cmake, thanks to commit 12494ef48f.
But Arnout Vandecappelle objected to using always 'Release', stating that
users may actually want the extra assertions.
With the introduction of BR2_ENABLE_RUNTIME_DEBUG, Buildroot can now cater
for all cases:
- use CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release by default. This makes sure that there is no
unexpected performance degradation triggered by enabling BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG.
- users can optionally enable BR2_ENABLE_RUNTIME_DEBUG if they want runtime
debug info like assertions, at the risk of introducing performance
degradation. In this case, we switch to CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug.
- orthogonally to the above, BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG still determines passing the
'-g' flag to enable debug symbols, and BR2_OPTIMIZE_X still determines the
used optimization flags.
Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de_schampheleire@nokia.com>
Acked-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Reviewed-by: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Sometimes, post-build or post-image scripts need to reinvoke
Buildroot's make, for example to execute "make printvars".
However, so far post-build/image/fakeroot can't trivially run printvars
in a way that worked for both in-tree and out-of-tree builds. Indeed:
* "make printvars" would work for in-tree builds, but not out of tree
builds
* "make -C ${O} printvars" would work for out-of-tree builds, but not
in-tree builds
* "make -C ${BR2_CONFIG%/*} printvars" works in both cases, but it is
a bit cryptic, and two maintainers did not even immediately think of
it
In order to solve this, this commit exposes $(CONFIG_DIR) to
post-build/image/fakeroot scripts, through the EXTRA_ENV variable.
The documentation is updated accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
[yann.morin.1998@free.fr:
- reference BR2_CONFIG as an exemple
- slightly reword the commit log accordingly
- move the doc for CONFIG_DIR next to that of BR2_CONFIG
]
Signed-off-by: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
The Github macro example shows something that is now considered
incorrect: using v1.0 as the VERSION. This is not longer recommended
as it prevents from matching with release-monitoring.org details.
Let's update the example, and add a note to explain this in more
details.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
The previous course has ended, announce the next one.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
FOO_CPE_ID_VALID is an internal implementation detail. Packages should
really define an actual CPE_ID variable to trigger their full CPE_ID
definition.
Reported-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
Signed-off-by: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
Cc: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Cc: Matthew Weber <matthew.weber@rockwellcollins.com>
Cc: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
[Peter: completely drop any mention of _CPE_ID_VALID in the manual]
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
Our documentation page already mentions the open-source and freely
available training materials from Bootlin on Buildroot.
It turns out that we now have online training courses accessible to
public registration, which makes them accessible to a wider
audience. It probably makes sense to mention them alongside the
training materials.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Since commit dfcc18f84b cmake-package
_INSTALL_STAGING_OPTS/_INSTALL_TARGET_OPTS use 'install/fast'
instead of 'install', adjust documentation accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Peter Seiderer <ps.report@gmx.net>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
The manual incorrectly refers to the script file as `setup-environment';
it is actually called `environment-setup'.
Signed-off-by: Konrad Schwarz <konrad.schwarz@siemens.com>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Weber <matthew.weber@rockwellcollins.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Some qmake based packages need to call the syncqt.pl script before
building to have a properly populated "include" directory inside the
package build tree.
This script is normally automatically executed by qmake when a source
tree is from a git clone: buildroot purges the .git directory hence
the script never runs, and we need to call it explicitly. Setting
<pkg>_SYNC_QT_HEADERS = YES will force calling this script.
Signed-off-by: Angelo Compagnucci <angelo@amarulasolutions.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
In order to simplify the usage of a buildroot toolchain within
the buildroot shell, a "configure" alias is provided to call
./configure with the correct flags.
Signed-off-by: Angelo Compagnucci <angelo@amarulasolutions.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
Install an helper script to setup a build environment based on
Buildroot. It's useful when a developer wants to use a Buildroot
generated SDK to build an external project.
Signed-off-by: Angelo Compagnucci <angelo@amarulasolutions.com>
Tested-by: Michael Trimarchi <michael@amarulasolutions.com>
Tested-by: Adam Duskett <aduskett@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Maury Anderson <maury.anderson@collins.com>
Signed-off-by: Matt Weber <matthew.weber@rockwellcollins.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Brandon Maier <brandon.maier@rockwellcollins.com>
[yann.morin.1998@free.fr:
- move before skeletons
- select the custom 'mine' skeleton, not the sysv one
]
Signed-off-by: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Brandon Maier <brandon.maier@rockwellcollins.com>
[yann.morin.1998@free.fr:
- alphabetical order (skeleton before toolchain)
- leave the list of choices 'open'
]
Signed-off-by: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Add documentation about how to use SELinux in Buildroot, and what are
the available mechanisms to extend and customize the SELinux policy.
Signed-off-by: Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@bootlin.com>
[Thomas: misc improvements.]
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
