[Buildroot] [PATCH] RFC: Adding Vagrant file for provisioning

[Angelo Compagnucci]

Dear Arnout Vandecappelle ,

2015-09-10 0:14 GMT+02:00 Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be>:
> On 10-09-15 00:01, Angelo Compagnucci wrote:
>> This patch adds a Vagrant file to buildroot. With this file
>> you can provision a complete buildroot developing environment
>> in minutes on all major platforms.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Angelo Compagnucci <angelo.compagnucci at gmail.com>
>> ---
>>
>> This patch is a tentative approach to add a standard and official
>> Vagrant file to buildroot. With this file you can setup an isolated
>> build environment based on Vagrant on all major platforms.
>>
>> The file is fairly basic right now, it sets up correct Ubuntu version
>> to download and install required packages for buildroot.
>>
>> I'm open to suggestions and critics!
>
>  Here goes:
>
>  If you're already on a platform that runs vagrant, then you have enough to run
> buildroot as well, so why would you want to put it inside a VM and double your
> build time? Buildroot really really tries very hard to make sure it runs in any
> environment, so there should be no need for any of this trickery.

Not true. I know of certain corporate environments in which you have
to stick on windows, and usually the people working in these
environment use virtual machines also if buildtime will be longer.
IMHO with a fairly recent computer you will not notice of being inside
a virtual machine.

Also having buildroot on mac is not that easy, Vagrant will solve
these problems brilliantly!

>  The only limitation you do have is that you need some tools like a compiler and
> some VCSes. If that is what you want to work around, then I'd prefer to go the
> way of a single-user nix environment to import these tools.

Yes, true, when you are on a unix environment!

>
>  Regards,
>  Arnout
>
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