[Buildroot] [PATCH v2] Update gdisk (gptfdisk) to version 0.8.5.

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 06/14/12 09:04, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Le Thu, 14 Jun 2012 01:16:51 +0200,
> Arnout Vandecappelle<arnout at mind.be>  a écrit :
>
> >> >  >  -GDISK_VERSION = 0.6.14
> >> >  >  +GDISK_VERSION = 0.8.5
> >> >  >     GDISK_SITE =
> >> >  >  http://$(BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR).dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gptfdisk
> >> >  >  -GDISK_SOURCE = gdisk-$(GDISK_VERSION).tgz +GDISK_SOURCE =
> >> >  >  gptfdisk-$(GDISK_VERSION).tar.gz
> >> >  >
> >> >  >     GDISK_TARGETS_$(BR2_PACKAGE_GDISK_GDISK) += gdisk
> >> >  >     GDISK_TARGETS_$(BR2_PACKAGE_GDISK_SGDISK) += sgdisk
> > >
> > >     Since the upstream name has changed, I would change the buildroot
> > >  package name as well.  Again, it's a bit more work though.  Also it
> > >  would make existing config files that select gdisk invalid - I'm not
> > >  sure if Peter allows that.
> You can rename the package, and do something like:
>
> config BR2_PACKAGE_NEW_NAME
>     bool "new-name"
>     help
>       Blabla
>
> # This is a transitional option kept for compatibility
> # reasons with the old name of this package. It can be removed
> # in 2013.05
> config BR2_PACKAGE_OLD_NAME
>     bool
>     select BR2_PACKAGE_NEW_NAME
>
> So that existing configurations continue to work for one year.

  I thought so too, but I tried it yesterday and it didn't seem to work...

  Regards,
  Arnout
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