[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 1/1] linuxconsoletools: new package

Peter Korsgaard peter at korsgaard.com
Tue Jun 20 12:08:03 UTC 2017


>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com> writes:

 > Hello,
 > On Mon, 19 Jun 2017 18:55:06 +0200, Koen Martens wrote:
 >> Linuxconsoletools contains the inputattach utility
 >> to attach legacy serial devices to the Linux kernel
 >> input layer and joystick utilities to calibrate and
 >> test joysticks and joypads.
 >> 
 >> The buildroot package adds options to build only certain
 >> tools.
 >> 
 >> website: http://sf.net/projects/linuxconsole/
 >> 
 >> Signed-off-by: Koen Martens <gmc at sonologic.nl>

 > Thanks, I've applied, after doing a few minor tweaks. See below.

Sorry for the slow response, I only noticed the patch now.

We already have (an old version of) this code in the input-tools
package, so the binaries here will conflict with those.

What is the way forward? Drop the old package and add Config.in.legacy
handling for the old symbols?

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard



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