[Buildroot] Different site methods for the main package and patches
Peter Korsgaard
jacmet at uclibc.org
Wed Mar 26 22:42:20 UTC 2014
>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com> writes:
Hi,
> Generally speaking, I'm a bit unhappy about how things work on the
> download front:
> *) I don't really understand why we have a separation between _SITE
> and _SOURCE, and why our infra assumes that _PATCH is relative to
> _SITE. Why don't we simply make _SOURCE and _PATCH full URLs
> instead? This way _PATCH can list multiple patches coming from
> different locations, not necessarily the upstream location of the
> package.
Some of it is historical, but it also makes it easier to support
the primary/backup site features.
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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