[Buildroot] [PATCH 08/11 RFC] package/jpeg: make it behave more like other virtual packages

Samuel Martin s.martin49 at gmail.com
Sat May 31 21:21:37 UTC 2014


Yann, all,

On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 10:38 PM, Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr> wrote:
> From: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
>
> Currently, the virtual package jpeg is a special virtual package,
> as it offers a choice for its implementation, rather than letting the
> user enable them manually.
>
> In so doing, it defines its _HAS option as a 'def_bool y' rather than
> letting each implementation 'select' it.
>
> Since we are going to generate a list of virtual packages and their
> providers, this defeats the heuristic used to find providers.
>
> Coming with an alternate heuristic that also matches the jpeg
> package is quite complex, so better and easier to make it look more
> like any other virtual package.
>
> Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
> Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
> Cc: Samuel Martin <s.martin49 at gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49 at gmail.com>

Regards,

-- 
Samuel


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