[Buildroot] [PATCH v2] package/mender: new package

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Hello,

On Fri, 4 May 2018 11:09:52 +0200, Angelo Compagnucci wrote:

> > Not a complete review by far, but I'm wondering if it makes sense to
> > include server certificates in Buildroot. I would assume that one would
> > want to generate his own certificate instead, no ?  
> 
> It's a test certificate just to starting up. The same file is included
> in the official yocto package so I thought it could useful to have
> here.

Ah, OK. Then perhaps it is fine to have this test certificate as well.

> > Is there anything that makes mender tied to systemd, other than the
> > fact that you provide only a systemd mender.service, and no init
> > script ?  
> 
> Mender depends on systemd stating to the requirements here
> https://docs.mender.io/1.4/devices/system-requirements

I'm wondering whether this is a real dependency (i.e they are linked
with systemd libraries), or whether it is just that they have only
tested their integration with systemd.

But OK, if they advertise this as a dependency, it's reasonable to have
that as well in Buildroot. It can be relaxed later on if someone is
interested in using Mender in a non-systemd system.

Thanks!

Thomas
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