[Buildroot] [PATCH] support/scripts: add script to test a package

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Hello,

On Mon, 6 Feb 2017 21:40:58 +0100, Luca Ceresoli wrote:

> Splitting the source step from the build step is nice since it clearly
> separated download-related issues (wrong URL, network down...) from
> build errors.
> 
> But as discussed IRL it also means we download the ACTUAL_SOURCE files,
> which means hundreds of megabytes with external toolchains. Possible
> solutions:
> 
>  * remove the "make source" step and let "make ${pkg}" download only the
>    sources that are really needed for building
>  * remove the "make source" step as above, but only if ${pkg} is empty
>  * add a "source-only-filed-needed-for-build" :) target and use that

I don't really see the need for separating the build step from the
source step in this script. Why not just do the build, and that's it?

Thomas
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