[Buildroot] [PATCH] pkg-infra: log current message

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 10/07/13 19:19, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Dear Yann E. MORIN,
>
> On Mon, 7 Oct 2013 18:59:56 +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
>
>>> It would then be the responsibility of the user to provide such a
>>> script. We could provide a simple script that just do this logging as an
>>> example.
>>
>> I have another interesting idea about such a script: detect whether a
>> package overwrites or otherwise modifies a file already existing in
>> staging/ and/or target/ to assess for the sanity of the packaging.
>
> I believe there are cases where we are doing this today, and where it
> is valid. Think for example the full-blown versions of some commands
> that overwrite the symbolic link installed by Busybox.
>
>> We could also add another sanity-check to look at build issues (eg.
>> build-path in RPATH, build-path in scripts...).
>
> Right! However, I don't see why those checks should be in some external
> scripts that the user should install. I believe those checks should be
> part of the Buildroot core, possibly with a Config.in option to decide
> whether a check failure should result to a global build failure or just
> a warning (default value would be a warning, a global build failure
> could be used in the autobuilders, for example).

  I agree with that. Any check or whatever that makes life easier for a 
contributor should be part of the mainline.

  That said, it still makes sense to give the possibility to add custom 
pre/post hooks. And autobuilder-specific things that are _not_ relevant 
to the generic contributor would fit there.

  Regards,
  Arnout


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