[Buildroot] using of local dir
Peter Korsgaard
jacmet at uclibc.org
Wed Mar 26 21:41:48 UTC 2008
>>>>> "Ulf" == Ulf Samuelsson <ulf.samuelsson at atmel.com> writes:
Hi,
>> It indeed seems quite broken. The $LOCAL variable isn't used
>> anywhere either.
Ulf> Check "project.mk"
Ahh. Why isn't the variable set there if it's only used in project.mk
anyway?
Bernhard> *shrug* I'd rip it out in a whim either way
>>
>> Well, the local/save/getconfig stuff does seem kinda overengineered -
>> Couldn't we just have a bunch of *_defconfig files under configs/
>> instead with a make %_defconfig target like the kernel has instead?
>>
Ulf> The purpose of this is to allow you to start with an existing
Ulf> defconfig, and the commands will collects the different
Ulf> configurations in one place. You can't replace this function
Ulf> with defconfigs, but you can use the result to create new
Ulf> defconfigs.
Ulf> At this time, not having access to the source tree, I can't see why LOCAL
Ulf> is defined *after* the include, so maybe this needs to be moved.
Ulf> Feel free to test.
No thanks - You made the mess, and you get to clean it up.
<grumpy-mode>
I really think we need to focus on getting the basic functionality of
buildroot stable and working so we can put out a release instead of
adding (what atleast looks like) half baked extensions.
</grumpy-mode>
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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