[Buildroot] How to change buildroot directory
Peter Korsgaard
jacmet at uclibc.org
Wed Mar 12 09:57:32 UTC 2014
>>>>> "Marco" == Marco Trapanese <marcotrapanese at gmail.com> writes:
> Hello,
> I prepared a virtual machine with a fully configured (and compiled)
> buildroot filesystem/toolchain.
> Now I have to transfer this buildroot environment to another machine,
> which has a different path of course.
> How this could be done?
> Currently I tried:
> 1) create from scratch a new buildroot clone on the new machine and
> use my .config. Disadvantages: you need to recompile everything and
> using the latest builds you cannot have the same version.
> 2) copy the whole buildroot directory: the problem is every Makefile
> has the old path... so it's not possible to launch a make without a
> full clean/make cycle.
The host/build directory of buildroot is currently not relocatable, so
right now you only have option 1.
The issue is also listed in our TODO, but so far hasn't been
implemented:
http://elinux.org/Buildroot#Core_Buildroot_infrastructure
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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