[Buildroot] [PATCHv3 2/5] core: allow external Config.in/makefile code to be integrated

[Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>]

Dear Jeremy Rosen,

On Thu, 28 Nov 2013 10:37:27 +0100 (CET), Jeremy Rosen wrote:

> my idea was more along the line of "if we are setting BR2_EXTERNAL
> and the file doesn't exist, then create an empty "Config.in" file
> so the next call to make doesn't fail" 
> 
> this would be to avoid leaving the build system in a broken 
> configuration after a call that sets up the build system for the
> user.
> 
> I can see pro and cons on this idea, there is a risk in touching
> a file the user is supposed to edit and the breakage itself could
> be considered a good way to make sure the user go look into the 
> file
> 
> but on the other hand, for simple use cases where the user doesn't
> want to add new packages, but simply overlay a couple of config
> files, creating a valid infrastructure from the start might be 
> a good idea...

Ok, I think I see what you mean: creating
$(BR2_EXTERNAL)/package/Config.in automatically if it doesn't exist. I
don't have a really strong feeling about this, but my initial reaction
is that it's better to let the user do that by himself. BR2_EXTERNAL is
part of the user source tree, and I hate when tools mess up with my
source tree by creating files here and there automatically.

Best regards,

Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
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