Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 01/12] ui: add keycodemapdb repository as a GIT submodule

["Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@redhat.com>]

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 04:45:36PM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>   Hi,
>  
> > > +(cd $source_path && git submodule update --init ui/keycodemapdb)
> > > +
> > 
> > Urgh, no, this won't work because of course you don't have to
> > have a git checkout when running configure.
> > 
> > Any suggestions on the "best" way to ensure that the ui/keycodemapdb
> > git submodule is always checked out, without requiring developers to
> > do something manually ?
> 
> Don't require it?
> 
> The updates shouldn't happen that frequently, IMO we should just commit
> the generated files so checking out the submodule is only needed if you
> work on the keycodemaps.

Ok, I guess that's simplest and matches what's done elsewhere in QEMU


Regards,
Daniel
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