[Buildroot] [PATCH v2] rauc: bump to version 0.2
Thomas Petazzoni
thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Thu Nov 23 08:21:52 UTC 2017
Hello,
On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 18:11:12 -0800, Andrey Yurovsky wrote:
> > Isn't that specific to your RAUC use case? I assume other people can
> > use RAUC without using signed squashfs images.
> >
> > So perhaps we shouldn't make host-mksquashfs a mandatory dependency
> > like your patch does?
>
> No, that's just how rauc works, there's no other use case. That is, it
> always make a signed squashfs image (there's no option to make
> unsigned images or any other format). If mksquashfs isn't present, the
> host tool is effectively useless since it can't make bundles, that's
> why I feel that it's a run-time dependency and needs to be selected.
OK, thanks for the explanation! Is this dependency new in 0.2, or it
was already needed for the current 0.1.1 version of RAUC ?
Best regards,
Thomas
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