Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH] package/alacritty: new package

[Julien Olivain via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org>]

Hi Raphaël,

Thanks for the patch. I have few comments, see below.

On 30/08/2026 20:53, Raphaël Gallais-Pou wrote:
> Alacritty is a modern terminal emulator that comes with sensible
> defaults, but allows for extensive configuration.  By integrating with
> other applications, rather than reimplementing their functionality, it
> manages to provide a flexible set of features with high performance.
> 
> Although this project works both on Wayland and X11, it is for now only
> enabled with Wayland support.
> 
> Project mainpage: https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty
> 
> Signed-off-by: Raphaël Gallais-Pou <rgallaispou@gmail.com>
> ---
[...]
> diff --git a/package/alacritty/Config.in b/package/alacritty/Config.in
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..f8f7716163fb
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/package/alacritty/Config.in
> @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
> +config BR2_PACKAGE_ALACRITTY
> +	bool "alacritty"
> +	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_RUSTC_TARGET_ARCH_SUPPORTS
> +	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV
> +	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # wayland
> +	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # wayland
> +	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_RUSTC
> +	select BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND
> +	select BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS
> +	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXKBCOMMON
> +	select BR2_PACKAGE_FREETYPE
> +	select BR2_PACKAGE_FONTCONFIG

Could you sort package selection alphabetically, please?

> +	help
> +	  Alacritty is a modern terminal emulator that comes with
> +	  sensible defaults, but allows for extensive configuration.
> +	  By integrating with other applications, rather than
> +	  reimplementing their functionality, it manages to provide a
> +	  flexible set of features with high performance.
> +
> +	  https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty.git
> diff --git a/package/alacritty/alacritty.hash 
> b/package/alacritty/alacritty.hash
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..746980695baa
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/package/alacritty/alacritty.hash
> @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
> +# Locally computed
> +sha256  
> c1017a192d606c968e471b8363c29c259847bb84c9700044a521856edd7aba07  
> alacritty-0.17-cargo6.tar.gz
> +sha256  
> 651999319c27e92fe8eaf76451f18237107230b27cd6d580a0ab99f1c622d167  
> LICENSE-APACHE
> +sha256  
> 5675ca8acdd280622f93c6ff64c3a2714d9322da4337c2028d4dbb0475686ff2  
> LICENSE-MIT

Running the command "make alacritty-legal-info"
reports license hash failures.

Could you fix those license hash please?

> diff --git a/package/alacritty/alacritty.mk 
> b/package/alacritty/alacritty.mk
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..65675a4524a2
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/package/alacritty/alacritty.mk
> @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
> +################################################################################
> +#
> +# alacritty
> +#
> +################################################################################
> +
> +ALACRITTY_VERSION = 0.17

Testing this package with "test-pkg -a -p alacritty" reports few build 
failures. See:
https://gitlab.com/jolivain/buildroot/-/pipelines/2814538626

Could you have a look please?

> +ALACRITTY_SITE = $(call 
> github,alacritty,alacritty,v$(ALACRITTY_VERSION))
> +ALACRITTY_LICENSE = Apache-2.0, MIT
> +ALACRITTY_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE-APACHE LICENSE-MIT
> +ALACRITTY_DEPENDENCIES = wayland wayland-protocols libxkbcommon 
> freetype fontconfig

Could you sort those dependencies alphabetically, please?

> +
> +ALACRITTY_SUBDIR = alacritty
> +ALACRITTY_CARGO_BUILD_OPTS = --no-default-features --features=wayland
> +ALACRITTY_CARGO_INSTALL_OPTS = --no-default-features 
> --features=wayland
> +
> +define ALACRITTY_INSTALL_ADDITIONAL_FILES
> +	# Create destination folders if the do not exist
> +	$(INSTALL) -d -m 0755 $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/applications
> +	$(INSTALL) -d -m 0755 $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/pixmaps
> +
> +	# Install .desktop file
> +	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(@D)/extra/linux/Alacritty.desktop \
> +		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/applications/Alacritty.desktop
> +
> +	# Install SVG icon
> +	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(@D)/extra/logo/alacritty-term.svg \
> +		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/pixmaps/Alacritty.svg
> +endef
> +
> +ALACRITTY_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += 
> ALACRITTY_INSTALL_ADDITIONAL_FILES
> +
> +$(eval $(cargo-package))
> 
> ---
> base-commit: e1ec936cf732e50bddb588985a8d6738b43da3ac
> change-id: 20260830-alacritty-6a3c8a3edee7
> 
> Best regards,
> --
> Raphaël Gallais-Pou <rgallaispou@gmail.com>

Could you send an updated patch addressing those issues, please?

Best regards,

Julien.
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