[Buildroot] feature or pebkac

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 08/29/13 20:17, rh wrote:
> I have found that changing the url for a custom kernel tar ball does not
> trigger a rebuild when running make.  I have removed linux-custom dir
> and then make fetches the new tar ball and rebuilds.

  That's right. Buildroot doesn't try to be perfect for rebuilds when the 
configuration changes - but if it is simple to fix, patches are welcome!


> I have found that when I specify a kernel git repo that I get the whole
> repo.

  If you specify a tag, then it should do a shallow clone.


> But I don't need all that and I now use --single-branch argument
> to git clone followed by git archive to create a tar ball.

  That's a great idea! However, this option is only available since git 
1.7.10 and I think that many production environments still have older git 
versions.

> I do this for repos
> that have no snapshot or tar ball. I thought that this feature might exist
> but I couldn't find it.  Maybe I can edit some config manually?

  There's no config for that, it's part of the core infrastructure.


  Regards,
  Arnout

>
> Would it be a useful feature for others if it's not there now?
>
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