[Buildroot] [v1 1/1] uboot: Add local directory option to menuconfig
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Mon Jun 27 21:44:22 UTC 2016
>>>>> "Yann" == Yann E MORIN <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr> writes:
> Adam, All,
> (Peter, Thomas, Arnout: questions for you, below.)
> On 2016-06-26 22:25 -0400, Adam Duskett spake thusly:
>> Just like the kernel menuconfig, this allows for a user to
>> specify a local directory for the uboot source code.
> I'm not sure this is a great idea... I'm not sure it was a great idea to
> allow it for the Linux kernel either, mind you.
> The problem with local sources is that they make the build
> non-reproducible.
Indeed.
> commit 73da2ff6f718f2889e3c5024d899f8d58f502863
> Author: Rafal Fabich <rafal.fabich at gmail.com>
> Date: Sat Feb 23 19:03:30 2013 +0100
> Added local directory as source of kernel code
> Add the option to use a local directory as the source for
> building the Linux kernel, which can be useful during
> kernel development.
> Signed-off-by: Rafal Fabich <rafal.fabich at gmail.com>
> Acked-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout at mind.be>
> Tested-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout at mind.be>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter at korsgaard.com>
> Peter, any reason that you applied this patch at the time?
> Arnout, anything you remember for giving your ACK?
Sorry, I don't remember. Most likely because Arnout acked it. I have
never personally used this feature.
> So, I would think that:
> 1- we don't want this for U-Boot;
> 2- we should drop it for Linux.
> Peter, Thomas, Arnout: what do you think?
Ok from me unless somebody can explain a use case for it.
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Venlig hilsen,
Peter Korsgaard
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