[Buildroot] [PATCH 0/6] [RFC] some download-related changes

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 13/01/14 00:44, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> The first part, patch 1 to 3, are a fix the git download helper, which
> is currently broken in case a PKG_VERSION is a sha1 that does not exist
> in the repository.
>
> Since the make macro was a bit complex to read and maintain, Peter
> suggested it be moved to a shell script. If this change is OK, I'll
> move the other download helpers to their own shell script.

  I would actually move all of $(DOWNLOAD) into a single helper script. I 
expect that that will give you a lot of refactoring opportunities.

  But clearly that can wait for follow-up patches.

  Regards,
  Arnout

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