linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] config: Allow kernel installation packaging to override pkg-config

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Date:   Thu, 3 Mar 2022 07:42:43 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@...gle.com>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        frowand.list@...il.com, jpoimboe@...hat.com,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        masahiroy@...nel.org, michal.lkml@...kovi.net,
        peterz@...radead.org, robh+dt@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] config: Allow kernel installation packaging to
 override pkg-config

On Wed, 2 Mar 2022 13:48:01 -0800
Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com> wrote:

> I'm ok with this patch; a quick grep though shows a few more open
> coded instances of pkg-config.  Should we fix those up, too? i.e.
> 
> certs/Makefile:92:HOSTCFLAGS_extract-cert.o = $(shell pkg-config
> --cflags libcrypto 2> /dev/null)
> certs/Makefile:93:HOSTLDLIBS_extract-cert = $(shell pkg-config --libs
> libcrypto 2> /dev/null || echo -lcrypto)
> scripts/kconfig/gconf-cfg.sh

For this patch set, the above is probably good enough to do (and test
with a make allmodconfig).

> tools/perf/Makefile.perf
> tools/ in general

I would hold off on doing tools for a separate patch. With the
exception of objtool most of tools is not needed for the build process.

-- Steve