[Buildroot] [PATCH 2 of 2 v3] xzcat: treat as host prerequisite and build if needed
Peter Korsgaard
jacmet at uclibc.org
Sat Sep 7 06:11:00 UTC 2013
>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas De Schampheleire <patrickdepinguin+buildroot at gmail.com> writes:
Thomas> If xzcat is not present on the host system, buildroot bails out early asking
Thomas> the developer to install it (xzcat is now a DL_TOOLS_DEPENDENCY)
Thomas> Conversely, when BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_XZ is enabled, then host-xz is a
Thomas> build dependency, and no manual action is required from the developer.
Thomas> Because the second approach is nicer, also build host-xz when xzcat is not
Thomas> available, using the host-prerequisite and suitable-host-pkg mechanisms,
Thomas> already used for tar.
Thomas> Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de.schampheleire at gmail.com>
Thomas> ---
Thomas> v3: update after $(firstword) change
Thomas> v2: avoid filtering out xzcat from DL_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES (comment ThomasP)
Committed, thanks.
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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