[PATCH] build: Add PROGRAM_PREFIX option

[Chris Johns]

On 4/8/2023 3:16 pm, Sebastian Huber wrote:
> On 04.08.23 00:27, Chris Johns wrote:
>> On 2/8/2023 6:49 pm, Chris Johns wrote:
>>   > I am concerned about the compatibility to the ecosystem we have. Have you
>> built
>>> all the tests in the testsuite with this value set to something that is not
>>> RTEMS default? I think a few things will break because of hard coding in them.
>> I have asked for test results and I have not seen any yet the patch has been
>> merged? The change was not approved my me and is still not approved.
> 
> Sorry I thought it was fine after answering your questions. 

All good, I would like to finish the discusion. :)

> Yes, I have tested this with the rtems7 tools. It was possible to build with the rtems7 tools
> before, however, the PROGRAM_PREFIX approach is better, since it allows also the
> build using vendor tools. We had some fixes for this recently:
> 
> https://lists.rtems.org/pipermail/devel/2023-May/075321.html
> 
> This is something the user need.

What if a user adds or uses a prefix that does not conform to the standard
format? I am assuming this is possible to do this, eg Gaisler's special prefix?

Possible breakage is
https://git.rtems.org/rtems-tools/tree/rtemstoolkit/rld-cc.cpp#n457 ?

Do we need to document any constraints around this option?

> I have problems to send test reports by e-mail:

Anything Amar or I can help with?

Chris