[Buildroot] [PATCH 2/4] Implement basic non-wget download methods

[Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>]

>>>>> "Maxime" == Maxime Petazzoni <maxime.petazzoni@bulix.org> writes:

Hi,

 >> In a broader sense what are these configuration options for?  Is it to
 >> allow adding switches (e.g. git checkout -f) to the commands or is it to
 >> allow specifying the path to the executable
 >> (e.g. /usr/bin/svn, /opt/git4.0-pre/bin/git)?
 >> If it's the first case, I'd side with GIT_CLONE and GIT_CO.  If it's the
 >> second case, I'd leave it as GIT but get rid of the GIT_CO and just put
 >> the actual command in Makefile.package.in.  Is is likely that they will
 >> ever differ from "clone" or "checkout" anyway?

 Maxime> I don't really know what they are for. Maybe some "older" Buildroot
 Maxime> developers could give us some details there. Because you're right, git
 Maxime> clone will most likely remain git clone. But having the option to use a
 Maxime> specific path is usefull, in which case I'd leave only GIT="git". But
 Maxime> then the same would apply to SVN_CO/SVN_UP where we should only keep
 Maxime> SVN="svn".

Yes, they are really old and not used (besides SVN_CO) - Feel free to
clean this up while making these changes.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard