[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/3] xtables-addons: new package

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 23/10/14 00:38, Gustavo Zacarias wrote:
> On 10/22/2014 02:18 PM, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
>
> >> +comment "xtables-addons needs a Linux kernel to be built"
> >> +    depends on !BR2_LINUX_KERNEL
> >> +
> >> +comment "xtables-addons needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, largefile,
> threads"
> >> +    depends on BR2_LINUX_KERNEL
> >
> >  Do we usually do this? I mean, if a user discovers the 'needs a Linux kernel'
> > comment and builds a kernel, then he comes back only to discover that he still
> > has to enable all this other stuff...
>
> I can move it to linux extensions instead of it being a package, i don't
> know if it's worth bloating too much there.

 No, that's not what I meant: linux extensions are for things that modify
the kernel source, so it's really exceptional.

 What I meant is that the second comment should not depend on
BR2_LINUX_KERNEL, so both comments appear if you don't have the kernel nor
largefile selected.


 Regards,
 Arnout


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