[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] Add more options to eudev package.

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

Hello,

On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 22:00:35 +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:

> > While I understand what you are trying to do, I am not sure we can
> > support this in Buildroot upstream. You want eudev to be in / and
> > not /usr, but maybe the next person will want this other package to be
> > in / and not /usr. How do we handle this ? Add one more option to all
> > packages ? Doesn't seem really maintainable.
> 
>  Actually, it makes sense to me to install it completely in / instead of /usr -
> that would also remove the need to have all the --libdir etc. options that we
> currently pass. The way it's currently done, eudev's install anyway adds
> symlinks back from /lib/libudev.so to /usr/lib/libudev.so.

If we install it unconditionally in /, then it's fine with me. What I
would dislike is to start having options for such things.

However, there is still the question: why eudev in /, and not any other
package that other users may find important to have in / ? Where do we
put the boundary ?

Best regards,

Thomas
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