[Buildroot] Is it possible to build rpm with buildroot?

[Baruch Siach]

Hi Beenle Yi,

On Tue, Dec 01 2020, yilu at bupt.edu.cn wrote:
> I got it. Is it possible for me to add something new to buildroot
> source codes to generate binary packages? I am sorry that I am not
> familiar with buildroot and I am trying to test the feasibility to
> build rpm for my OS with the help of buildroot.

I don't think that patches adding rpm generation will be accepted. The
FAQ entry I linked to explains why. In short, binary packages dependency
tracking is complex. Buildroot is not designed for this use case. You
can try alternatives like Yocto or OpenWRT.

baruch

> From: Baruch Siach
> Date: 2020-12-01 20:39
> To: yilu at bupt.edu.cn
> CC: buildroot
> Subject: Re: [Buildroot] Is it possible to build rpm with buildroot?
> Hi Beenle Yi,
>  
> On Tue, Dec 01 2020, yilu at bupt.edu.cn wrote:
>> I am trying to build rpm for a Linux-like operating system, but
>> instead of rootfs, I want to build rpm. Is it possible to build rpm
>> with buildroot? If it is, could you give me some advice?
>  
> Short answer: Buildroot does not support generation of binary packages.
>  
> For some more details, see the manual FAQ:
>  
>   https://buildroot.org/downloads/manual/manual.html#faq-no-binary-packages
>  
> baruch

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