On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Richard Purdie <richard.pur...@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > On Mon, 2014-11-03 at 17:29 +0000, Laszlo Papp wrote: >> we have a tool that we run during our make run, but this tool is >> hard-coded for 32 bit. It depends on software like ncurses. I could >> add ncurses-native in an ideal world; no problem. >> >> The problem is that my host environment is 64 bit currently and it is >> not possible to migrate the whole environment to 32 bit. I am happy to >> explain the details if needed, but I would love you to trust me about >> that. =) >> >> So, is it possible to say more than just DEPENDS = ncurses-native, >> something like DEPENDS = ncurses-native:x86 or something? > > How much of a 32 bit system do you have? Do you at least have a 32 bit > capable compiler and C libraries? > > If so, you could use our general class extension mechanism > (BBCLASSEXTEND) to allow 32 bit variants of the native recipes, e.g. a > "native32" form. > > Alternatively, a more easier approach would be to build a target like > buildtools-tarball with SDKMACHINE="i686" and then install that onto the > system you're building on.
I am just back from my long vacation. I am sorry about not replying earlier. OK, thank you so much; I will give the buildtools-tarball a go. Cheers, L. > > Cheers, > > Richard > > > > > -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
