[Buildroot] Help with forcing a rebuild of the target

[Vadim Kochan]

Hi Jakob,

On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 2:41 AM Jakob Cornell <jakob at jcornell.net> wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> I've been working with Buildroot for a few weeks, and I occasionally find that I want to undo a change I've made to the 'output/target' tree. This is usually because I want to remove a file previously added using an overlay or because there are stale files leftover from a package that I've deselected.
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> So what I want to do, ideally, is run everything needed to fully populate the target filesystem, but also ensure that only what's needed is there. I've tried removing 'output/target' or individual files in it, but that often breaks the build. I've been resorting to doing a full clean and build, which is very wasteful. Is there any way to clean out the target tree and rebuild it without having to recompile anything?
>
> Thanks,
> Jakob
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Yes, Buildroot does not provide mechanism to un-install package from
the target/staging/host, I think the answer might be here:

    https://buildroot.org/downloads/manual/manual.html#faq-no-binary-packages

Regards,
Vadim Kochan