[Buildroot] [PATCH] less: build after busybox

Arnout Vandecappelle arnout at mind.be
Tue Jul 31 14:30:59 UTC 2012


On 07/27/12 12:26, Gustavo Zacarias wrote:
> On 07/27/12 05:15, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
>
>> >    One alternative could be to automatically deselect less from busybox
>> >  when the full-blown less is selected.  But also that is a bit complex
>> >  I think.
>> >
> I'm not a big fan of that either, it's not buildroot's resposability to
> do effort deduplication.
> With that reasoning should we disable busybox's httpd if
> lighttpd/hiawatha/boa/some other web server is enabled?
> It's a thin line to walk on, lighttpd>  boa so boa should be disabled,
> and things like that...

  There's a big difference: for busybox, people often use the default config,
so the decision to include httpd in unconscious.  boa or lighttpd can only
be selected explicitly.

  The difficulty you mention does exist for libxml2 vs. expat, because those
are often selected automatically.

  Regards,
  Arnout
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