[Buildroot] [PATCH] Complain loudly if BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR does not exit

Yann E. MORIN yann.morin.1998 at free.fr
Tue Oct 21 16:58:17 UTC 2014


Michal, All,

On 2014-10-21 10:42 +0200, Michal Sojka spake thusly:
> If the BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR is misspelled in the .config or if somebody
> renamed the existing directory with patches, buildroot happily builds
> everything but without the patches. As this can lead to surprising
> results,

Indeed... :-/

> it is better to fail and give a user a message that
> BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR is wrongly configured.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Sojka <sojka at merica.cz>

Reviewed-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

> ---
>  package/pkg-generic.mk | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/package/pkg-generic.mk b/package/pkg-generic.mk
> index 259ee02..46d92aa 100644
> --- a/package/pkg-generic.mk
> +++ b/package/pkg-generic.mk
> @@ -162,6 +162,11 @@ $(BUILD_DIR)/%/.stamp_patched:
>  	$(Q)touch $@
>  	@$(call step_end,patch)
>  
> +# Check that all directories specified in BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR exist.
> +$(foreach dir,$(call qstrip,$(BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR)),\
> +	$(if $(wildcard $(dir)),,\
> +		$(error BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR contains nonexistent directory $(dir))))
> +
>  # Configure
>  $(BUILD_DIR)/%/.stamp_configured:
>  	@$(call step_start,configure)
> -- 
> 2.1.1
> 
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