[Buildroot] [PATCH 3 of 6 v2] linux: add support for custom Mercurial repository

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Dear Arnout Vandecappelle,

On Mon, 12 Aug 2013 08:12:13 +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:

>  Given that string options can't be propagated from their legacy values, 
> and since the name of an option isn't really that important, I'd keep 
> the _GIT_ names for the mercurial options as well.
> 
>  If we do rename the option symbol names, then I would make sure that it 
> is propagated:
> 
> 	default BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_GIT_REPO_URL if BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_GIT_REPO_URL != ""
> 
> + add a comment to the .legacy file so these hacks can be removed
> eventually.

Hum, I'm not sure how this articulates with the _WRAP mechanism that
patch 1/6 is proposing. If we do this:

 	default BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_GIT_REPO_URL if BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_GIT_REPO_URL != ""

then why would we need the _WRAP thing?

Thanks,

Thomas
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