[Buildroot] [PATCH] configs/raspberrypi: use the branch name instead of the sha1 for the linux kernel
Yann E. MORIN
yann.morin.1998 at free.fr
Fri May 2 13:12:05 UTC 2014
Peter, All,
On 2014-05-02 15:09 +0200, Peter Korsgaard spake thusly:
> >>>>> "Yann" == Yann E MORIN <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr> writes:
>
> > From: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
> > Previously, when we were using the rpi-3.10.y branch, we coiuld use a sha1 to
> > refer to a specific changeset, and that would work and give reproducible
> > builds, thanks to upstream merging linux-stable into their branch.
>
> > Now they have declared rpi-3.12.y the new stable branch, and deprecated the
> > rpi-3.10.y branch.
>
> > Unfortunately, they are now rebasing the rpi-3.12.y branch instead of merging
> > linux-stable as they used to do. This means we can no longer use a sha1 as the
> > tree will change as soon as upstream rebases onto a new linux-stable.
>
> > There are two possibilities here:
> > - revert back to using a rpi-3.10.y cset
> > - use the rpi-3.12.y branch name
>
> > This patch goes with the second option, since rpi-3.10.y is no longer maitained,
> > and we prefer to use a stable branch, at the cost of reproducible builds.
>
> Hmm, but that means that the builds are not reproducable :/
Indeed, that's a drawback.
> Can't we convince them to create a new branch whenever they rebase or
> something like that?
Already done:
https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/584
I forgot to add this in my commit log. Can you do that before you apply,
please, or do you want me to re-submit?
Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.
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