[Buildroot] [PATCH 10/10] busybox: support only one version
Peter Korsgaard
jacmet at uclibc.org
Thu Jul 10 14:57:58 UTC 2014
>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com> writes:
> This commit removes the version selection for the busybox
> package. Busybox is very well maintained, and bugs are typically fixed
> in a timely fashion. Moreover, regressions are fairly unlikely in this
> very stable and well-tested tool.
> Therefore, there isn't a very compelling reason to have a version
> selection for Busybox since we don't accept such a version selection
> for the vast majority of other packages, unless there is a strong
> reason to do so.
> Consequently, this commit:
> * Removes the 1.19.4, 1.20.2 and 1.21.1 Busybox versions, patches and
> default configuration file.
> * Moves the 1.22.1 patches from package/busybox/1.22.1 to just
> package/busybox/ like all other packages.
> * Renames the default 1.22.1 configuration file to just
> busybox.config.
> * Adapts the busybox.mk makefile to encode the current version to
> use.
> * Adds appropriate options to Config.in.legacy. However, even though
> the BR2_BUSYBOX_VERSION_1_22_X is removed, we don't add a
> Config.in.legacy option for it, since it would cause a legacy
> warning for virtually *all* users as most people are currently
> using 1.22.x.
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
Committed, thanks.
I wonder if time also hasn't come to get rid of
BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS?
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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