[Buildroot] BR2_REPRODUCIBLE issues

[Peter Korsgaard]

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

Hi,

 > I do see your use case, and I do understand it: you basically want to do
 > partial upgrades of your system (for various reasons that are your own
 > right).

 > But Buildroot does not build packages like a distro, like OpenEmbedded
 > or like openWRT (or others) do.

 > Instead, Buildroot builds a complete rootfs; it is the atomic artefact
 > output by Buildroot. As such, what matters for Buildroot is the whole,
 > not the parts.

 > See also the manual, where we explain at length why we are not doing
 > binary packages, especially the last part about our position statement,
 > tangentially related to the explanation of your use-case:
 >     https://buildroot.org/downloads/manual/manual.html#faq-no-binary-packages

Small deltas might be interesting even though you do full system
upgrades, E.G. to save on bandwidth with binary delta tools like xdelta/bsdiff
or casync. I believe there was some talk about adding casync support to
rauc.

 > Sorry if you found my and the others' replies to imply that you should
 > "shut up". That was definitely not my intention, and I know Peter,
 > Arnout and Thomas enough to know that it was not theirs as well.

Exactly!

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard