[Buildroot] [PATCH V5 3/3] i.MX: use temp directory for Freescale self-extractors

[Eric Nelson <eric.nelson@boundarydevices.com>]

Thanks Thomas,

On 02/14/2014 01:25 AM, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Dear Eric Nelson,
>
> On Thu, 13 Feb 2014 17:26:20 -0700, Eric Nelson wrote:
>
>> +		sh $(DL_DIR)/$(GPU_VIV_BIN_MX6Q_SOURCE) --force --auto-accept ; \
>> +		mv $(GPU_VIV_BIN_MX6Q_EXTRACT)/* ./ ; \
>> +		rm -rf $(GPU_VIV_BIN_MX6Q_EXTRACT)/)
>
> I must say I would prefer if there was no slash at the end here, so
> that if the GPU_VIV_BIN_MX6Q_EXTRACT variable is empty (for example due
> to a bug in the package, or due to changes being made to the package
> that make it non-working) it doesn't do a rm -rf /.
>
Good catch.

> I'd go even further: if the directory is empty, then is a simple
> "rmdir" should do the trick, and is a lot less disastrous than a "rm
> -rf" should something go wrong with the argument that is passed.
>
Yep.

I do think this is moot though. Yann had another option
that I'll try to follow.

Regards,


Eric