[Buildroot] [PATCH 12/13] target/generic: add filesystem overlay option

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 14/10/12 20:50, Thomas De Schampheleire wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 1:14 AM, Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind)
> <arnout at mind.be>  wrote:
>> >  From: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind)<arnout at mind.be>
>> >
>> >  The filesystem overlay is a tree that is copied over the target fs
>> >  after building everything - which is currently usually done in the
>> >  post-build script.
>> >
>> >  Also replace the documentation for a custom skeleton with the
>> >  filesystem overlay and deprecate the custom skeleton.
>> >
>> >  Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind)<arnout at mind.be>
> Note that I'm not against this feature, but we discussed this before
> (I think on Buildroot Developer Day in Brussels beginning of 2012, or
> otherwise on the list) and the outcome back then was that it was not
> necessary as it was very easy to add directly to the post-build
> script.

  I understood it as: it's a low-priority nice-to-have because there are
other ways to do it. So I will resend this patch.

  Regards,
  Arnout
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