[Buildroot] which templates are used?

[Michael S. Zick <minimod@morethan.org>]

On Mon April 11 2011, Steve Calfee wrote:
> On 04/11/11 14:20, Daniele Salvatore Albano wrote:
> > Il 11/04/2011 22:52, Michael Burghart ha scritto:
> >> I set this in .config:
> >>
> >> BR2_ROOTFS_SKELETON_CUSTOM=y
> >> BR2_ROOTFS_SKELETON_CUSTOM_PATH="/Save/buildroot-2011.02/fs/skeleton"
> >>
> >>
> >> but it's not used! I made special directories and files in the
> >> fs/skeleton but they are nowhere to be seen. What do I have to do to
> >> make them visible??
> > 
> > You need to do a full rebuild or just copy changed/updated files to the 
> > target directory (target) and rebuild/regenerate filesystems
> > 
> Or you can use the
>  BR2_ROOTFS_POST_BUILD_SCRIPT:
>   ? Specify a script to be run after the build has finished and before
>     ?
>   ? the BR2 starts packing the files into selected packages.
>     ?
>     ? This gives users the oportunity to do board-specific cleanups,
>       ?
>   ? add-ons and the like, so the generated files can be used directly
>     ?
>   ? without further processing.
>     ?
>     ? The script is called with the target directory name as first and
>       ?
>   ? only argument. Make sure the exit code of that script is 0,
>     ?
>   ? otherwise make will stop after calling it.
>     ?
> 
>   ? Symbol: BR2_ROOTFS_POST_BUILD_SCRIPT
> [=$(TOPDIR)/target/device/beaglebo ?
>   ? Type  : string
>     ?
>   ? Prompt: Custom script to run before packing files
>     ?
>   ?   Defined at fs/Config.in:3
>     ?
>   ?   Location:
>     ?
>   ?     -> Target filesystem options
>     ?
> 
> Sorry about the mess in the cut and paste from buildroot's menuconfig.
> 
> 
> Mine patchrootfs is:
> #!/bin/bash
> #
> # skript which runs before creating rootfs
> #
> #
> MAINDIR=${1}/../../
> SRCDIR=${MAINDIR}"target/device/beagleboard/skeleton/*"
> DESTDIR=${1}
> echo "***************patching some stuff in " ${DESTDIR} from ${SRCDIR}
> #echo "DESTDIR " ${DESTDIR}
> #echo "SRCDIR " ${SRCDIR}
> #ls -l ${SRCDIR} ${SRCDIR}"/etc"
> cp -rvp ${SRCDIR} ${DESTDIR}
> echo "end of userdefined script before packing rootfs"
> 
> So this copies the fs skeleton, recursively from the local directory
> after every build. The trick is it just overlays the fs in the target,
> so you only have to add files that are specific or changed in your
> build. So if you tweak an existing file say in /etc, it will replace
> that file. If you add a new file (maybe a script) say in /usr/bin it
> will add that from your local tree into the build. The local skeleton
> should stay very sparse.
> 
> There is no way to remove files that are not needed etc, just remove
> them locally in your skeleton and when buildroot is remade with a clean
> it will get all sorted out.
> 

Would using rsync with appropriate options instead of cp do that trick?

Mike
> Regards, Steve
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