[Buildroot] [PATCH] pkg-download: support file:// in BR2_PRIMARY_SITE

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

Arnout, J?r?me,

On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 23:54:12 +0100, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:

> >>   make project_defconfig
> >>   make BR2_DL_DIR=/tmp/mirror-project BR2_PRIMARY_SITE=file:///home/user/dl source
> >>   tar -C /tmp -czvf mirror-project.tgz mirror-project
> > 
> > You have a much simpler option:
> > 
> > 	make external-deps
> 
>  You probably mean:
> 
> for file in $(make external-deps); cp dl/$file /tmp/mirror-project; done

Yes, indeed, I only pointed at "make external-deps", leaving it to the
reader to figure out how to make use of it in the context of what
J?r?me is trying to do. But I could have been more explicit.

>  I think a local file PRIMARY_SITE can be useful for other situations as well,
> e.g. a slow CIFS-mounted shared download location that is too slow to use as
> DL_DIR, so I think the feature has merit.

Yes, I also think the feature has merit.

J?r?me, could you respin the patch after updating the Config.in help
text of the BR2_PRIMARY_SITE option?

Thanks,

Thomas
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