16.05 printf test does not build for Cortex A9.

[Alexander Boettcher]

Hi,

On 30.05.2016 18:45, Bob Stewart wrote:
>      It appears that the 16.05 build uses a new environment parameter 
> BASE_HW_DIR, which cause a build on a Cortex A9 based platform to fail 
> in lib/mk (that is, base-hw/lib/mk/spec/cortex_a9.h)

> BASE_HW_DIR := $(REP_DIR)
> 
> But why is it necessary to have this new variable?

see https://github.com/genodelabs/genode/pull/1955 to find a explanation.

Cheers,

Alex.