[Buildroot] [RFCv1 09/11] package: add a <pkg>_SOURCE_ADDONS variable

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On 16/09/13 20:31, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Dear Thomas De Schampheleire,
>
> On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 15:39:22 +0200, Thomas De Schampheleire wrote:
>
>> What about allowing FOO_SOURCE to contain multiple words directly, and
>> thus not introducing a new variable? The package infrastructure can
>> download each word of FOO_SOURCE, but only extract (and otherwise use)
>> the first one. Any subsequent word has to be handled by the package
>> itself.
>
> The problem is that the default extract step needs to know what to do.
> And what it does today is that it extracts the tarball whose name is
> given in FOO_SOURCE. If we put several words in FOO_SOURCE, then what
> should be the semantic of the default extract commands? Extract the
> first one? All of them?
>
> That's why I've decided to go with another variable, which really means
> "I want this stuff to be downloaded, but don't do anything with it, the
> package recipe will take care of it".
>
> Of course, I'm open to changing the semantic of FOO_SOURCE instead, we
> would just need to define what this new semantic should be.

  I'm more in favour of the <pkg>_SOURCE_ADDONS proposal. I think having 
multiple _SOURCE files would be confusing.


  Regards,
  Arnout


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