[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 6/7] tpm2-tools: do not enforce dependency on tpm2-abrmd
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Fri Jan 25 15:03:49 UTC 2019
>>>>> "Arnout" == Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be> writes:
Hi,
> For the situations like the one in this patch, I would say that we could relax
> a little the 'avoid extra per-package configuration options'. In fact, extra
> configuration options in Config.in don't cost that much. They don't really make
> the menus larger because they're only visible when the package is selected. And
> the .mk handling is the same as for an automatic optional dependency. That said,
> in this specific case of tpm2-tools, I have the feeling that an additional
> option is not appropriate. Since the two packages are right next to each other,
> that is almost the same as having the suboption. So I would go for the help text
> instead.
Ok, I'll send an updated patch that drops the select and adds a note in
the help text instead.
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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