From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 11:03:38 +0200
Subject: [Buildroot] how to install package ltp-testsuite outside of
	target directory
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>>>>> "YUAN" == YUAN Linyu <Linyu.Yuan@alcatel-sbell.com.cn> writes:

Hi,

 >> An alternative is to write a post-build script to remove these files
 >> from the rootfs and instead create a seperate filesystem with the ltp
 >> files.
 > Do you mean private post-build script, right? 

Yes, a custom script.

 > So buildroot will not provide an official solution to do such thing,
 > right?

The single rootfs assumption is quite deep in Buildroot and I haven't
seen a design for how we could cleanly handle various rootfs splitups
without introducing a lot of complexity, so don't expect Buildroot to
officially support it in the near future.

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Bye, Peter Korsgaard