[Buildroot] [PATCH 3/5] pkg-download: allow ssh URLs
Yann E. MORIN
yann.morin.1998 at free.fr
Thu Jun 16 19:41:25 UTC 2016
Gilles, All,
On 2016-06-16 21:36 +0200, Gilles Chanteperdrix spake thusly:
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 11:37:11PM +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> > Gilles, All,
> >
> > On 2016-06-15 23:29 +0200, Gilles Chanteperdrix spake thusly:
> > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 10:14:26PM +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> > > > Gilles, All,
> > > >
> > > > On 2016-06-14 17:05 +0200, Gilles Chanteperdrix spake thusly:
> > > > > Use git when such an URL is met.
> > > >
> > > > What about Hg URLs that can also start with 'ssh://' ?
> > > >
> > > > I guess we should not try to be smart here, and let users specify the
> > > > method with the _SITE_METHOD variable.
> > >
> > > Yeah, well, my initial patch proposed git+ssh:// and I was told that
> > > this was deprecated. The conversation lead to a dead-end with nobody
> > > giving me a clear indication of what I should propose.
> > >
> > > So, let us go back to my initial need: have a package compiled based
> > > on a git over ssh URL. Now if you tell me that there is a way to do
> > > this without patching pkg-download.mk, I am all ears. I did not find
> > > any help on that in the documentation, do you have some pointers?
> >
> > As far as I understand your requirements, you want to be able to write
> > either of:
> >
> > FOO_SITE = user at machine:path/to/repo.git
> > or
> > FOO_SITE = ssh://user@machine/path/to/rpo.git
> >
> > You just have to add:
> >
> > FOO_SITE_METHOD = git
> >
> > See the manual, search for _SITE_METHOD: ;-)
> > https://buildroot.org/downloads/manual/manual.html#generic-package-reference
>
> Ok, thanks.
So, that fits your requirements? Should your patch be dropped, then?
Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.
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