[Buildroot] Unable to apply a patch for the buildroot makedevs tool
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Mon Apr 26 21:48:31 UTC 2021
>>>>> "Yann" == Yann E MORIN <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr> writes:
> Ivan, All,
> On 2021-04-16 06:58 +0000, Ivan Castell spake thusly:
>> Hello! I did a patch for the makedevs tool that provides a new 'x' option
>> that allows setting permissions for directories recursively without
>> modifiying permissions for regular files.
> As Peter said, makedev is directly compiled from its single source file
> in Buildroot's tree, so no way to patch it with the standard package
> infrastructure.
With that said, there is no specific reason why this is done like that -
And E.G. mcookie does copy its .c file to the build directory so the
patch step works - So it IMHO makes sense to fix makedevs to also do it
so the normal infrastructure works as expected.
I've sent a series to do that:
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/buildroot/list/?series=240851
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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