[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 1/3] package/qt5/qt5coap: new package

[Peter Seiderer <ps.report@gmx.net>]

Hello Angelo,

On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 10:36:37 +0100, Angelo Compagnucci <angelo@amarulasolutions.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 11:11 PM Thomas Petazzoni
> <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Angelo,
> >
> > Thanks a lot those three packages, they obviously look good. I only have one question.
> >
> > On Thu, 19 Nov 2020 23:01:40 +0100
> > Angelo Compagnucci <angelo@amarulasolutions.com> wrote:
> >
> > > +QT5COAP_VERSION = $(QT5_VERSION)
> > > +QT5COAP_SITE = $(call github,qt,qtcoap,v$(QT5_VERSION))
> > > +QT5COAP_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
> > > +QT5COAP_LICENSE = GPL-3.0, GFDL-1.3
> > > +QT5COAP_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.GPL3 LICENSE.FDL
> > > +QT5COAP_DEPENDENCIES = host-perl
> > > +
> > > +define QT5COAP_FIX_INCLUDE
> > > +     cd $(@D); $(HOST_DIR)/bin/syncqt.pl -module QtCoap -version $(QT5_VERSION)
> > > +endef
> >
> > Why is this syncqt.pl invocation needed for those 3 packages? What
> > makes them different from the other Qt5 packages we have?
>
> If you open one of the other packages, you can find the "include"
> directory already populated, instead when compiling from source the
> folder is missing. qmake runs syncqt.pl automatically when you run
> qmake from a cloned repo (when there is a .git folder). This is the
> way the qt everywhere source packages are built.
> Buildroot removes the .git folder and so the script isn't triggered. I
> had to choose if adding a fake .git directory or call the script
> manually, I choose the latter because I think it's more clear.

Thanks for the detailed explanation (I can confirm the build failure without
the syncqt.pl call), maybe worth a short comment, e.g.:

	# needed for build from sources from git (but without .git directory)

and/or enhancement of the commit message?

Regards,
Peter

>
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Thomas
> > --
> > Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Bootlin
> > Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
> > https://bootlin.com
>
>
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