[Buildroot] [PATCH v7 20/22] squashfs: Add xattr support

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Clayton,

On Fri, 10 Jul 2015 14:54:28 -0500, Clayton Shotwell wrote:

> I would really like to know what I was thinking when I put this patch
> together because you are completely correct on how terrible this is. I
> looked back at it and I don't believe the host xattr support should be
> enabled at all. There are too many host dependencies, unrelated to the
> xattr package, that need to be met for this to work properly (think
> extended attributes on the filesystem itself). I am going to drop the
> host changes and only enable this for the target (where I am actually
> looking to use it).

No problem. However, I'm curious to know what is your use case: you are
preparing a SquashFS image on your target?

Best regards,

Thomas
-- 
Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com