[Buildroot] [PATCH v2] rauc: bump to version 0.2

Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Wed Nov 22 08:49:26 UTC 2017


Hello,

On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 10:37:10 +0200, Baruch Siach wrote:

> > If it's a runtime dependency...
> >   
> > > -HOST_RAUC_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-openssl host-libglib2
> > > +HOST_RAUC_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-openssl host-libglib2 host-squashfs  
> > 
> > ...you don't need to list it in <pkg>_DEPENDENCIES.  
> 
> This is probably right in this case, since there is no in-tree host-rauc 
> dependency. But in the general case a host package might be used at any point 
> in the build. So you need to make sure that, e.g., host-squashfs is ready when 
> host-rauc is to run, right?

Hum, you are right. I was thinking that host-rauc tools would be use
only in a post-image script, or after the build has finished. But
indeed, the tools can also be used by another package that depends on
host-rauc.

So: you're right, adding host-squashfs to <pkg>_DEPENDENCIES is needed.

Thanks!

Thomas
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