[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 4/5] lttng-modules: bump to version 2.8.3

[Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>]

Philippe, All,

On 2016-10-30 18:13 -0400, Philippe Proulx spake thusly:
> On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 5:41 PM, Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr> wrote:
> > On 2016-10-30 15:56 -0400, Philippe Proulx spake thusly:
> >> LTTng-modules has its own Makefile to build its modules. In particular,
> >> starting from v2.8, LTTng-modules has a way to be included as part of a
> >> Linux kernel image, that is, not as loadable kernel modules. This
> >> implies that additional environment variables need to be passed to the
> >> Makefile and kernel build system.
[--SNIP--]
> > I stand by the fact that we should use the kernel-modules infra, if it
> > can be made to work with specifying just the few new variables that are
> > needed, as explained above.
> >
> > If not possible, then provide an explanation why this is not sufficient.
> 
> It's definitely possible. I changed it because upstream said that it's better to
> use their own Makefile as they can add new variables without having to
> track them in the distribution build systems. I can convert it back to using the
> the kernel-module infra if you prefer. I have no other arguments.

Well, what is different from a package that adds, removes or renames a
configure option? We downstreams have to deal with those changes every
bump we do anyway.

All we need is that upstreams provide such information in the the docs.

So, I still prefer we keep using the kernel-module infra.

Thanks for the feedback! :-)

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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