[Buildroot] [PATCH 2/2] infra/pkg-kconfig: do not rebuild kconfig packages again and again

Thomas De Schampheleire patrickdepinguin at gmail.com
Mon Aug 4 17:32:59 UTC 2014


"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr> schreef:
>When a kconfig-based package executes its confiigure step, it may

configure

>overwrite it .config file. Thus, the .config file is more recent than

its

>our stamp file .stamp_kconfig_fixup_done. On a subsequent build, out

our

>dependency rules would kick in, and run the config fixup again, thus
>kikcing in the package's configure, build and isntall steps yet once

kicking
install

>more, that, ad libitum.

You mean 'ad infinitum' ?

>
>Fix that by introducing a post-configure hook that re-touches our stamp
>file, so it is always more recent than the .config.

Could you share an example of which package does what type of change to the .config?

Thanks!
Thomas



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