[Buildroot] [PATCH v5 24/24] cpio: new package

[Samuel Martin]

Clayton,

On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 4:16 PM, Clayton Shotwell
<clayton.shotwell at rockwellcollins.com> wrote:
> Thomas,
>
> On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Thomas Petazzoni
> <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com> wrote:
>> Dear Clayton Shotwell,
>>
>> On Mon, 18 May 2015 09:09:05 -0500, Clayton Shotwell wrote:
>>
>>> That is a good question. I am only adding the package because I need
>>> to be able to create a cpio archive on my target.
>>
>> So why do you add a host variant?
>
> I added it mainly because I could and I had an easy way to test it. I
> can remove the host option if needed. What is the reasoning behind
> relying on the host system cpio tool?
Currently, it is just a pre-requisite [1] ;)

[1] http://nightly.buildroot.org/#requirement-mandatory

>
> Thanks,
> Clayton

Regards,

-- 
Samuel