[Buildroot] board-specific autotools env customization

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Dear Lionel Orry,

On Mon, 2 Feb 2015 15:05:06 +0100, Lionel Orry wrote:

> I would like to use a specific XXX_CONF_ENV variable to send ac_cv_...
> variables to configure, but they are specific to my compiler. For my tests,
> I currently write the XXX_CONF_ENV directly into the package .mk file, but
> I would like to know if there is a better way. I already use the
> recommended board/<company>/<board>/patches/ infrastructure, but this is
> not a patch so I don't know where to put it...
> 
> Any advice / best practice ?

Well, only pass this <pkg>_CONF_ENV if you're using your specific
compiler?

Maybe if you could be more specific and tell us which compiler / which
environment variable you need to pass, we could give more hints.

Best regards,

Thomas
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