[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 1/1] Allow adding per-package override rsync exclusions
Adrian Perez de Castro
aperez at igalia.com
Sun Apr 1 18:37:27 UTC 2018
Hi Arnout,
On Sun, 1 Apr 2018 17:05:29 +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be> wrote:
> On 08-11-17 14:26, Adrian Perez de Castro wrote:
> > This allows using <PKG>_SRCDIR_OVERRIDE_RSYNC_EXCLUSIONS in local.mk to
> > skip copying parts of source trees unneeded for building. For example,
> > when developing WebKitGTK+, it's handy to skip copying all the tests and
> > other build directories, which are huge:
> >
> > WEBKITGTK_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR = /home/aperez/WebKit
> > WEBKITGTK_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR_RSYNC_EXCLUSIONS = \
> > --exclude JSTests --exclude ManualTests \
> > --exclude PerformanceTests --exclude WebDriverTests \
> > --exclude WebKitBuild --exclude WebKitLibraries \
> > --exclude WebKit.xcworkspace --exclude Websites \
> > --exclude Examples
> >
> > This saves a good chunk of time when rsync is used for the first time to
> > copy the source tree over before building.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Adrian Perez de Castro <aperez at igalia.com>
>
> Applied to master, thanks.
>
> I've moved the documentation to the end of the section, otherwise it breaks the
> flow IMO.
Awesome! Thanks a ton for merging this one patch, it will save me (and some
colleagues at work) from having to carry it around in our local checkouts \o/
> > ---
> > docs/manual/using-buildroot-development.txt | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> > package/pkg-generic.mk | 2 +-
> > 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/docs/manual/using-buildroot-development.txt b/docs/manual/using-buildroot-development.txt
> > index 1071de5132..d16dc482f3 100644
> > --- a/docs/manual/using-buildroot-development.txt
> > +++ b/docs/manual/using-buildroot-development.txt
> > @@ -64,6 +64,22 @@ This mechanism is best used in conjunction with the +make
> > _rsync_, only the modified files are copied), and restart the build
> > process of just this package.
> >
> > +Source trees for big projects often contain hundreds or thousands of
> > +files which are not needed for building, but will slow down the process
> > +of copying the sources with _rsync_. Optionally, it is possible define
> > ++<pkg>_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR_RSYNC_EXCLUSIONS+ to skip syncing certain files
> > +from the source tree. For example, when working on the +webkitgtk+
> > +package, the following will exclude the tests and in-tree builds from
> > +a local WebKit source tree:
> > +
> > +------------------
> > +WEBKITGTK_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR = /home/bob/WebKit
> > +WEBKITGTK_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR_RSYNC_EXCLUSIONS = \
> > + --exclude JSTests --exclude ManualTests --exclude PerformanceTests \
> > + --exclude WebDriverTests --exclude WebKitBuild --exclude WebKitLibraries \
> > + --exclude WebKit.xcworkspace --exclude Websites --exclude Examples
> > +------------------
> > +
> > In the example of the +linux+ package above, the developer can then
> > make a source code change in +/home/bob/linux+ and then run:
> >
> > diff --git a/package/pkg-generic.mk b/package/pkg-generic.mk
> > index 0e28675fbe..c895afc498 100644
> > --- a/package/pkg-generic.mk
> > +++ b/package/pkg-generic.mk
> > @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ $(BUILD_DIR)/%/.stamp_rsynced:
> > @$(call MESSAGE,"Syncing from source dir $(SRCDIR)")
> > $(foreach hook,$($(PKG)_PRE_RSYNC_HOOKS),$(call $(hook))$(sep))
> > @test -d $(SRCDIR) || (echo "ERROR: $(SRCDIR) does not exist" ; exit 1)
> > - rsync -au --chmod=u=rwX,go=rX $(RSYNC_VCS_EXCLUSIONS) $(call qstrip,$(SRCDIR))/ $(@D)
> > + rsync -au --chmod=u=rwX,go=rX $(RSYNC_VCS_EXCLUSIONS) $($(PKG)_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR_RSYNC_EXCLUSIONS) $(call qstrip,$(SRCDIR))/ $(@D)
> > $(foreach hook,$($(PKG)_POST_RSYNC_HOOKS),$(call $(hook))$(sep))
> > $(Q)touch $@
> >
> >
>
> --
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> Senior Embedded Software Architect +32-16-286500
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