[Buildroot] [RFCv2] Per-package out-of-tree build

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 13/04/13 20:54, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
>   * A <pkg>_SUPPORTS_OUT_OF_TREE variable defines whether the package
>     supports out of tree build or not. By default, it's set to NO, in
>     which case the package source code is rsynced from its source
>     directory to the build directory at the beginning of the configure
>     step. It is set to YES by both the autotools and cmake package
>     infrastructures (which have been modified to do out of tree build),
>     and by some packages that use the generic infrastructure but
>     nonetheless support out of tree build.

  It may have been discussed before, but wouldn't it be more convenient 
to insert an extra rsync step explicitly? Similar to how it's currently 
done for OVERRIDE_SRCDIR.


  Regards,
  Arnout

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