[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 1/1] linuxconsoletools: new package

Koen Martens gmc at sonologic.nl
Tue Jun 20 19:02:10 UTC 2017


On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 08:35:15PM +0200, Koen Martens wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 03:35:44PM +0200, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> > On Tue, 20 Jun 2017 15:19:36 +0200, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
> > >  > Since linuxconsoletools provides the three utilities provided by
> > >  > input-tools, has a name matching the upstream project, and uses a more
> > >  > recent version, I would suggest to drop input-tools indeed, and add a
> > >  > Config.in.legacy option that automatically enables linuxconsoletools.  
> > > 
> > > Yes, I agree - The input-tools package is very old and hasn't been
> > > updated in close to 10 years.
> > > 
> > > Will you send a patch to add the legacy handling or should I?
> > 
> > I wasn't planning on sending such a patch, so feel free to do it :)
> 
> If no-one beats me to it, i can create it tomorrow.

Or today....

https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/778450/

- Koen


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