[Buildroot] [PATCH v2] buildroot:download: Add option to download SVN or GIT repository with version control information.

[Thomas Petazzoni]

On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:37:00 +0000
Quotient Remainder <quotientvremainder at gmail.com> wrote:

> > The idea is that if you override the source directory of a package with
> > <pkg>_OVERRIDE_DIR, Buildroot wouldn't look at <pkg>_VERSION anymore.
> > It's completely up to the developer to use <pkg>_OVERRIDE_DIR to point
> > to a directory that contains the correct version for the sources.
> 
> But going back to what I said eariler, it'd be a pity if Buildroot
> didn't help out with this.  Couldn't the VCS feature *use* the override
> feature as well as adding some support for actually managing these
> repositories?

I don't see how that would work, while keeping a sane semantic that
users can understand.

Thomas
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