[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] fs/cpio: add option to manually specify file list

Arnout Vandecappelle arnout at mind.be
Tue Feb 6 23:30:10 UTC 2018



On 01-01-18 15:47, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
[snip]
> So yeah, Seamus proposal is not ideal in terms of flexibility, but it
> does solve one common use-case with little complexity.

 I don't think it's a very common usecase. In fact, usually there will be some
additional files in the initramfs, e.g. to do a pivotroot.

 More importantly, though: the same result can be relatively easily achieved in
a POST_FAKEROOT_SCRIPT, and completely flexible.

 Regards,
 Arnout

> 
> Again, I'm not 100% convinced either, so it's good to have this
> discussion.
> 
> Thomas
> 

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