[Buildroot] Empty utility package scripts

[Buildroot] Empty utility package scripts

[Andre Renaud]

Hi,
I'm trying to create a utility package script which doesn't do any
downloading, just copies some local files around (startup scripts),
and creates a user in /etc/passwd. However I can't find any examples
of packages that don't do any downloading/configuring/building.

Is this possible, or am I going about it the wrong way?

Regards,
Andre

[Buildroot] Empty utility package scripts

[Yann E. MORIN]

Andre, All,

On 2014-01-09 09:36 +1300, Andre Renaud spake thusly:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to create a utility package script which doesn't do any
> downloading, just copies some local files around (startup scripts),
> and creates a user in /etc/passwd. However I can't find any examples
> of packages that don't do any downloading/configuring/building.

In your pkg.mk, just set:

    PKG_SOURCE = 

(replace 'pkg' and 'PKG' with actual name of your package, of course).

To create a user, see:
    http://buildroot.net/downloads/manual/manual.html#_infrastructure_for_packages_with_specific_build_systems
and:
    http://buildroot.net/downloads/manual/manual.html#makeuser-syntax

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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[Buildroot] Empty utility package scripts

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Andre" == Andre Renaud <andre@bluewatersys.com> writes:

 > Hi,
 > I'm trying to create a utility package script which doesn't do any
 > downloading, just copies some local files around (startup scripts),
 > and creates a user in /etc/passwd. However I can't find any examples
 > of packages that don't do any downloading/configuring/building.

 > Is this possible, or am I going about it the wrong way?

Sure, have a look at package/makedevs (that one does build a binary though).

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard

[Buildroot] Empty utility package scripts

[Andre Renaud]

On 9 January 2014 10:44, Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org> wrote:
>>>>>> "Andre" == Andre Renaud <andre@bluewatersys.com> writes:
>  > I'm trying to create a utility package script which doesn't do any
>  > downloading, just copies some local files around (startup scripts),
>  > and creates a user in /etc/passwd. However I can't find any examples
>  > of packages that don't do any downloading/configuring/building.
>
>  > Is this possible, or am I going about it the wrong way?
>
> Sure, have a look at package/makedevs (that one does build a binary though).

Thanks to both Peter and Yann. Having the package_SOURCE entry blank
was the step that I was missing.

Regards,
Andre