[Buildroot] [PATCH 0/2] Download patches for Busybox

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On 24/04/13 08:09, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
>>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> writes:
>
>   Thomas> Hello,
>   Thomas> As recently discussed on the list, here are two patches that
>   Thomas> let the busybox package download its patches, instead of
>   Thomas> storing them in Buildroot's source tree.
>
> Thanks. There's one big problem with busybox though. Denys tends to
> update the patches without renaming them if more problems are found in
> those applets - So we end up with different results depending on when
> you build.
>
> Perhaps we can convince him to do otherwise, but until then I would
> prefer to keep it like it is.

  I'd still include patch 1/2, though.

  Or actually, there's another patch still pending that allows a full URL 
as the patch name; that would be even more interesting. I'll quickly ack 
that patch.

  Regards,
  Arnout


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