[LinuxBIOS] [Fwd: Re: Patch file for Fedora 8 compile problems]

[ron minnich]

On Dec 17, 2007 8:18 AM, Marc Karasek <Marc.Karasek at sun.com> wrote:
> Was this option just keeping the Config.lb changes and using an
> Environment Variable?

no.

>
> If so were does the environment variable  get set?  Is it up to the
> programmer or is it part of the build?
>

it would be part of the buildtarget step, which is not up to the
programmer and is not part of the actual build. buildtarget is a sort
of meta-build, wherein the build environment gets set up. This is the
right place to capture distro issues. I don't know why it did not hit
me sooner.

thanks

ron