Re: [epp-dev] Using p2.inf to optionally import Linux Tools features in

[Doug Schaefer <dschaefer@xxxxxxx>]

+1

On 12-05-16 2:27 PM, "Jeff Johnston" <jjohnstn@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>If there are no objections or technical issues, I would like to apply
>the attached patch to the CPP package feature so that the Linux Tools
>features are optionally imported as opposed to included.  The features
>were included because some of them have filters so they cannot be
>imported by some of the supported CPP platform/OS combinations.  This
>wasn't a problem when Linux Tools had its own EPP package and restricted
>supported platforms to Linux x86 and x86_64.  The import statement does
>not support use of an "optional" flag so an include statement was used.
>
>The change would have the benefit that those features imported this way
>should be able to be updated in the future.  Without this patch, those
>included features can only be updated by an update to the parent CPP
>package feature.
>
>IMO, this meshes better with the other features that are required by the
>CPP package (such as CDT features) that can be updated.
>
>-- Jeff J.