[Buildroot] LIBFOO_GIT_SUBMODULES

Luca Ceresoli lucaceresoli77 at gmail.com
Tue Feb 7 10:59:07 UTC 2017



On 31/01/2017 09:30, Baruch Siach wrote:
> Hi Ricardo,
> 
> On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 09:20:46AM +0100, Ricardo Herrero wrote:
>>  I´m trying to use github to download a repository with submodules, as if I
>> we using "*git clone --recursive*". The manual talks about
>> *LIBFOO_GIT_SUBMODULES
>> *when you set *LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD = git* but the manual doesn´t say
>> anything about what we are supposed to configure in this variable. Do we
>> have to write Y or YES? The fact is that it is not working and buildroot
>> does not give any advice.
> 
> You may set LIBFOO_GIT_SUBMODULES to any non-empty value to trigger a 
> recursive git clone.

True, but I think we should at least suggest "YES" in the manual, to
avoid people to have to guess, or to do guesswork and try "YES_PLEASE"
or a space separated list of modules.

I'm sending a patch do the manual.

-- 
Luca


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