[U-Boot-Users] Re: Revision COntrol, Patch Database

Jerry Van Baren
2005-01-24T19:52:15Z

Catalin Marinas wrote:
> I've been using GNU Arch extensively with the Linux kernel and I am
> happy with what it can do. I have a minor suggestion below:
>
> Jerry Van Baren <gerald.vanbaren@smiths-aerospace.com> writes:
>
>>Due to violation of ARCH naming conventions, ARCH has problems
>>importing the following U-Boot files
>>
>>directories:
>>
>> board/MAI/bios_emulator/scitech/lib/debug/linux/gcc/glibc.so
>>board/MAI/bios_emulator/scitech/lib/debug/linux/gcc/libc.so
>>board/MAI/bios_emulator/scitech/lib/release/linux/gcc/glibc.so
>>board/MAI/bios_emulator/scitech/lib/release/linux/gcc/libc.so
>
>
> You should usually import a clean source to avoid adding
> compiler-generated files to the repository. Arch tries to ensure some
> discipline on what files are kept in the working directory (but this
> can be modified to be a simple warning, not an error).
>
> You can ignore them by changing the "unrecognized" regexp in the
> {arch}/=tagged-method file and it or by adding .arch-inventory files
> in those directories.
>
> Catalin

FWIIW, I did start with clean source. Those directories are in the
u-boot tree and contain a readme.txt file that states "This file is just
to ensure that the directory is created."

I'll have to use your .arch-inventory tip to avoid the problem for my
purposes, but this isn't going to work for someone that cares about MAI
bios emulators :-/.

Thanks,
gvb