Re: [PATCH] configure: check for bison, flex before dtc submodule build

[Claudio Fontana]

On 4/7/20 1:20 PM, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Apr 2020 at 12:16, Claudio Fontana <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> if fdt is required, and the system DTC (libfdt) is not usable,
>> check for the dtc submodule requirements before trying to build it,
>> and error out with a helpful message in case the dependencies are not met.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Claudio Fontana <address@hidden>
> 
> Does the dtc module actually need bison/flex, or does it just
> print an ugly warning about it? We only want the 'libfdt' part
> of dtc, which doesn't need the parser, we don't need to build
> the actual dtc compiler.
> 
> thanks
> -- PMM
> 

Hi Peter,

indeed, it was just an ugly warning that I mistook for an actual error.

I'll try to see if I can get rid of the warning somehow by playing with the 
build system a bit,

but otherwise all green.

Thanks,

Claudio