[Buildroot] [PATCH] infra/pkg-kconfig: Be sure to reconfigure the package on foo-reconfigure

[Vivien Didelot]

Hi,

"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr> writes:

> Currently, calling foo-reconfigure for a kconfig-based package will not
> re-trigger the configuration (kconfig-wise) step for the package.
>
> This can be problematic when using an override-srcdir suring development
> and the content of the veride-srcdir changes (e.g. on a rebase, a merge,
> or during a bisect).
>
> This is because the configuration (kconfig-wise) of the package is not
> done in the _CONFIGURE_CMDS block, but as a separate action that is not
> part of any step [0].
>
> So, be sure to remove the stamp file .stamp_kconfig_fixup_done during
> the foo-clean-for-reconfigure rule, so that the configuration is applied
> again with the new source tree.
>
> We use another rule, foo-clean-kconfig-for-reconfigure, because we do
> not want to override the default foo-clean-for-reconfigure rule, and we
> have no way to add conditional commands to it.
>
> [0] The reasons it was not done are not entirely clear in my head, but
> IIRC that was not working at the time we tried with Thomas DS.
>
> Reported-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot at savoirfairelinux.com>
> Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
> Cc: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot at savoirfairelinux.com>
> Cc: Thomas De Schampheleire <patrickdepinguin at gmail.com>
> Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>

Without this patch, make linux-rebuild or make linux-reconfigure will
prompt new kernel symbols, which is painful when rebasing/bisecting.

With this patch, make linux-rebuild will still prompt new symbols, but
make linux-reconfigure will not, which is intuitive.

Tested-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot at savoirfairelinux.com>

Thanks,

        Vivien