[Buildroot] how to point at a local archive of S/W tarballs?
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Mon Apr 20 20:17:15 UTC 2015
>>>>> "Yann" == Yann E MORIN <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr> writes:
Hi,
>> That said, adding support for file:// in BR2_PRIMARY_SITE is trivial to add. In
>> fact, I used to have such a patch in a much older buildroot version.
> Well, I was thinking of this, too, but I really wonder if that makes
> sense: archives are copied from the primary, so you'd end up with
> duplication locally.
> Unless we're playing it smart and make symlinks.
> But then what would happen if the archive disapear from primary?
I would prefer to keep it dumb and simple. The typical usecase for
BR2_PRIMARY_SITE is imho just to use to local mirror for download speed
/ reliability reasons (that's atleast what I have used it for).
I don't feel strongly for/against file:// support, but if there's a
desire to add it ..
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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