[Buildroot] [PATCH 6/6] package/mtools: new host-package

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On 03/12/13 18:40, Thomas De Schampheleire wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Luca Ceresoli <luca@lucaceresoli.net> wrote:
[snip]
>> Bottom line, I think it would be useful to save in the package manifest
>> an additional column stating whether the package is on the target, on
>> the host, or both. But skipping host-only packages is not safe.

  I agree. And I have a second reason for that: I have one customer who 
distributes an "SDK", i.e. host packages.


> I follow Luca's reasoning here. As we discussed on the Buildroot
> Developer Day 2012, we will include the toolchain/host sources
> precisely for the above reasons, and so they should be described in a
> manifest. I also agree with Thomas' point about the confusion.
>
> But, instead of an extra column, wouldn't it be more clear to separate
> the legal-license manifest files for host and target packages? This
> would result in a manifest-host.csv and manifest.csv. Packages that
> appear on both host and target, would be present in both files. An end
> user that is only interested in getting a list of target packages, can
> find that info in a glance.

  Very good idea.

  Regards,
  Arnout


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