From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Sander Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:51:40 -0400 Subject: [Buildroot] buildroot snapshot In-Reply-To: References: <485C6383.8010806@ripnet.com> Message-ID: <48607D5C.2040002@ripnet.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Thiago A. Corr?a wrote: >> I guess I am looking for confirmation that the snapshot contains >> specific versions of packages and patches, and these same ones will be >> used even if the snapshot is run at a later date. >> > > Yes. Although sometimes packages vanish from their download sites for > whatever reason. In that case, you might be forced to bump versions or > update URLs in .mk files. That's unavoidable, unless you save/mirror > your download folder. > > Thank You for the confirmation. Good point about specific bits disappearing. I'll be sure to archive these. As we move from development to production stability and repeatability become more critical. I have also been thinking about this in the context of "what if one of my development boxes dies?" ... what do I need to do to get back to a working system. Regards, Mike > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Scanned with Copfilter Version 0.84beta3a (P3Scan 2.2.1) > AntiSpam: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 > by Markus Madlener @ http://www.copfilter.org > >