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From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/7] support/scripts: add a script to add a new package
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 10:09:10 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121101100910.0cfe5b84@skate> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5091D7B6.8070703@mind.be>


On Thu, 01 Nov 2012 03:00:22 +0100, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:

> > +$ ./support/script/pkg-new
> > +Name of the package: libfoo
> > +
> > +1) none
> > +2) multimedia
> > +3) java
> > +4) x11r7
> > +5) games
> > +Category of your package: 1
> 
>   I would skip this question and always create it in
> packages/libfoo.  The subdirectories are rare, we want to get rid of
> them, and anyway you can easily move the generated directory to a
> different place after the fact.

Agreed. However, I also wonder if it is a good idea to make this script
ask questions, as compared to a more conventional script that takes
command line arguments. But it's true that a script asking questions is
more like a wizard, probably easier to use.

> > +		define ${PKG_NAME}_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
> 
>   Putting a sample
> 	install -D -m 0644 $(@D)/... $(TARGET_DIR)/...
> isn't a bad idea.

Not sure I agree here. People too often do manual installation in
generic packages, while they should use 'make install', possibly after
tunning/patching the Makefile.

Best regards,

Thomas
-- 
Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons
Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux
development, consulting, training and support.
http://free-electrons.com

  reply	other threads:[~2012-11-01  9:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-09-09 23:40 [Buildroot] [PATCH 0/7] Introduce the _AVAILABLE mechanism Yann E. MORIN
2012-09-09 23:40 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/7] docs/manual: update 'adding packages' with the new _AVAILABLE symbol Yann E. MORIN
2012-11-01  1:30   ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-11-01 16:21     ` Yann E. MORIN
2012-11-01 22:40       ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-11-02  8:59         ` Thomas Petazzoni
2012-09-09 23:40 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/7] support/scripts: add a script to add a new package Yann E. MORIN
2012-10-14 11:14   ` [Buildroot] [PATCH] pkg-avail: make it work without stgit Thomas Petazzoni
2012-10-14 12:03     ` Baruch Siach
2012-10-14 12:12       ` Yann E. MORIN
2012-10-14 13:33     ` Yann E. MORIN
2012-10-14 13:52       ` Thomas Petazzoni
2012-11-01  2:00   ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/7] support/scripts: add a script to add a new package Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-11-01  9:09     ` Thomas Petazzoni [this message]
2012-11-01 17:00       ` Yann E. MORIN
2012-11-01 16:56     ` Yann E. MORIN
2012-11-01 17:25     ` Yann E. MORIN
2012-09-09 23:40 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 3/7] support/scripts: add a script to automate the migration to _AVAILABLE Yann E. MORIN
2012-09-09 23:40 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 4/7] packages: introduce the _AVAILABLE symbol to all packages Yann E. MORIN
2012-09-09 23:40 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 5/7] packages: use the newly-introduced _AVAILABLE symbol Yann E. MORIN
2012-09-09 23:40 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 6/7] packages: check proper use of 'select' against packages Yann E. MORIN
2012-09-09 23:40 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 7/7] script/support: get rid of now-useless pkg-avail script Yann E. MORIN
2012-09-09 23:45 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 0/7] Introduce the _AVAILABLE mechanism Yann E. MORIN
2012-09-10  6:51   ` Peter Korsgaard
2012-10-14 10:53 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2012-10-14 14:05 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2012-10-14 14:31   ` Yann E. MORIN
2012-10-14 17:38     ` Thomas Petazzoni
2012-10-16  5:39       ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-10-16 17:34         ` Yann E. MORIN
2012-10-17 21:33           ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-10-17 19:30         ` Thomas Petazzoni
2012-10-17 19:47           ` Yann E. MORIN
2012-10-17 20:05             ` Thomas Petazzoni
2012-10-17 20:16               ` Yann E. MORIN
2012-10-17 20:41                 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2012-10-17 20:48                   ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-10-30 23:11 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-10-30 23:35   ` Yann E. MORIN
2012-10-30 23:44     ` Yann E. MORIN
2012-10-30 23:48     ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-10-30 23:58       ` Yann E. MORIN

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