[Buildroot] [PATCH 00/24] Drop unused host packages

Julien Floret julien.floret at 6wind.com
Wed Jun 29 14:30:34 UTC 2016


>> > Can you confirm this is something you have taken into account?
>>
>> No, I'm afraid I missed this point, sorry...
>> I checked only for dependencies on host-foo, or BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_FOO presence.
>
> Then you might have missed some of the possible uses of those host
> packages, I'm afraid :-/
>
> Can you double check this, and see if your series still applies or
> whether it should be reworked ?

It surely needs some rework, sorry for the noise!
>From your comments, I also understand some host packages should be kept
even if they are unused in buildroot upstream (e.g. jsmin), so I guess it's not
trivial for me to know which packages could be removed.


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