Re: [ECOS] Configuration Tool oddities

[Jonathan Larmour <jifl at eCosCentric dot com>]

Hans Kester wrote:
> I wonder if there is a new configtool around for cygwin. I am using the
> one that shipped with eCos 2.0 and it is really a strange tool.
> Some examples:
>
> 1. When trying to build a standalone application of type FLOPPY, you
> have to choose FLOPPY as startup type BEFORE you save your project. If
> you save the project first and then choose the FLOPPY as startup, it
> simply won't boot! It took me a day to find this out.

It appears that the RAM -> FLOPPY startup change doesn't take effect. This 
is lame :-(. I've reported this in http://bugs.ecos.sourceware.org/ myself 
as I have an insight into what's happening. See bug 1000070 and add 
yourself to the CC list if you want to know what happens with it.

> 2. The vertical scroll bar can't reach the lower packages if one of the
> higher packages is expanded.

After some playing on a window resized to be moderately small, I see this 
problem too. I can reproduce this by just clicking on "HAL" and then 
"Dynamic memory allocation" straight away after starting the config tool. 
I've reported this in http://bugs.ecos.sourceware.org/ as bug 1000071

> 3. If you do anything within the package pane while building the
> library, the scrollbar flips around and all you can do is kill the
> configtool and start again.

Other than the above problem, I haven't seen anything that fits this 
description. Can you report it at http://bugs.ecos.sourceware.org/ giving 
precise steps on how to reproduce it? i.e. what you clicked? That way we 
can get it fixed! Thanks.

> 4. Adding and removing packages results in a crash 95% of the times you
> try it.

I can reproduce this by trying to add the zlib compression support, but it 
doesn't cause problems with all packages. Hmm. I'll add this to bugzilla 
myself as well.

> I tried to build the tool with the latest sources, but I couldn't
> download the wxWindows (or wxWidgets) sources that are needed. Has
> anyone build a newer configtool for cygwin that I can download?

I don't think so.

So I'll put in three of the bugs to the bug tracking system if you could 
add the other one please with exact steps on how to reproduce.

Thanks,

Jifl
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