[Buildroot] [PATCH] Add support for custom post-build script

[Paul Archer]

I second the prototype example of a simple helloworld package.

On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 5:34 AM, <nfrench at xtale.biz> wrote:
> Thanks Daniel
>
> It would be nice to have a proto type package aka hello world for us first
> timers. As for me being able to build for two different platforms 32bit /
> 64bit is great feature of buildroot. At the moment we have been using lfs
> for 32 bit and 64 bit. Does a package have to have a network location for
> download as my prototype code / initial program ideas go through many
> revisions before they even get to that stage :-).
>
> Nick
>
>> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 04:26:39PM -0000, nfrench at xtale.biz wrote:
>>> I am currently building my app using the tools in staging_dir to
>>> build my app then I mount the built ext2 from binaries cp my program on
>>> and build a new ext2
>>
>> This is exactly what I want to avoid. I know it is possible, but using
>> the post-build script method is faster, more logic and more straight
>> forward.
>>
>>> Is there a standard why to do this .ie
>>> this custom post-build
>>
>> Well, it's up to you what you do with that script. You'll be fed with
>> the target rootfs as $1 and could then do something like
>>
>> cp /path/to/your/hello $1/usr/bin/
>>
>> Or remove unwanted files etc. Up to you.
>>
>>> would it be possible to document how to
>>> add a simple Hello World app.  So that it gets built  with
>>> buildroot or have I missed somthing in the docs.
>>
>> No, don't confuse that. Your application will not be built by buildroot
>> by the post-build script.
>>
>> If you want to do that, you need to add your own package. See the
>> package/ folder how others do that. And if that package is building a
>> publically available project, please consider sending a patch back to
>> this list so everybody can benefit from it.
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>>
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Paul Archer
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