[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/4] mkpimage: new host package

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Hello,

On Mon, 19 Oct 2015 23:06:11 +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:

> Or we can eventually look at the Go package that was submitted a while
> back, and to which I contributed:
>     https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/502222/
> 
> ;-)

Well, if we can avoid building a compiler just to build a 300 lines Go
program, it'd be great :)


> > I agree. Unfortunately, downloading directly
> > http://git.pengutronix.de/?p=barebox.git;a=blob_plain;f=scripts/socfpga_mkimage.c;h=$(MKPIMAGE_VERSION);hb=HEAD
> > doesn't work because this URL contains ';' which our download
> > infrastructure doesn't like much.
> > 
> > However, this program is so simple that I would advocate taking the
> > makedevs route: simply integrate the program source code itself inside
> > Buildroot, in package/mkpimage/.
> 
> Yup, agreed.

So Jan, can you rework your submission in this direction?

Thomas
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