[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] manual/faq: add section about why no binary packages

Arnout Vandecappelle arnout at mind.be
Mon Feb 17 23:01:22 UTC 2014


On 17/02/14 23:48, Danomi Manchego wrote:
> Yann,
> 
> On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 4:37 PM, Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr> wrote:
>> > Danomi, All,
>> >
>> > On 2014-02-17 15:21 -0500, Danomi Manchego spake thusly:
>>> >> Nit-picky writing editorial - no issue with the actual content ...
>> >
>> > Thank you!
>> >
>> > My answers below...
>> >
>>> >> On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr> wrote:
>> > [--SNIP--]
>>>> >> > +[[faq-no-binary-packages]]
>>>> >> > +Why doesn't Buildroot generate binary packages (.deb, .ipkg...)?
>>>> >> > +----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> >> > +
>>>> >> > +One feature that is often discussed on the Buildroot list, is the
>>> >>
>>> >>  no comma
>> >
>> > Fixed.
>> >
>>>> >> > +the general topic of "package management". To summarize, the idea
>>>> >> > +would be to add some tracking of which Buildroot package installs
>>>> >> > +what files, with the goals of:
>>>> >> > +
>>>> >> > + * Being able to remove files installed by a package when this package
>>>> >> > +   gets unselected from the menuconfig ;
>>> >>
>>> >> ; -> .
> It seems strange to me that a bulleted list is also considered a
> complete sentence.  I think of bulleted lists like an unsorted list of
> items, as opposed to a numbered list where numbers have meaning.  But
> it's your party, keep as you like.

 If you have a colon in front of it and a semicolon at the end, then the
sentence shouldn't be capitalized. So:

with the goals of:

* being able to remove files;
* being able to do the other thing.


 Regards,
 Arnout

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