From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Petazzoni Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 09:26:46 +0100 Subject: [Buildroot] Github URL used to fetch packages In-Reply-To: <5277484F.4070402@mind.be> References: <5277484F.4070402@mind.be> Message-ID: <20131104092646.743d423e@skate> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Dear Arnout Vandecappelle, On Mon, 04 Nov 2013 08:10:07 +0100, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote: > I like the idea. We would typically do this with some auxiliary > variables instead of a new download method, but maybe the download method > isn't such a bad idea. It would add even more complexity to the horrible > pkg-download.mk, though... > > Bottom line: the idea is good, but let's see if the implementation can > be acceptable. Instead of a new download method, can it simply be a helper function, like: FOO_SITE = $(call github,,,) or something like that. This way we don't clutter the core of the download infrastructure with another site method that isn't really a site method. Best regards, Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering http://free-electrons.com