[Buildroot] [PATCHv2 11/21] pkg-download: extend DOWNLOAD_INNER, add a SOURCE_CHECK macro

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On 17/04/15 12:38, Nicolas Cavallari wrote:
> On 15/04/2015 00:41, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
>> On 15/04/15 00:25, Yann E. MORIN wrote:

[snip]

>>> So, does it make sense to keep source-check at all?
>>
>>
>>  I was thinking the same thing, I can't really see a use case for it. Actually,
>> same thing for external-deps.
> 
> external-deps is useful: We use it e.g. to clean a dl/ directory after
> bumping package versions, or to copy only relevant files in dl/ to an
> offline location.
> 
> Clearing the dl/ directory and running "make source" would end up with
> the same thing, but it would redownloads everything so it would be
> much slower.
> 

 Care to write up some documentation for this use case?

 source-check remains useless, right?

 Regards,
 Arnout

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