[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2 v3] core: make symlinks relative when preparing the SDK

Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com
Wed Dec 26 21:21:35 UTC 2018


Hello,

On Sat, 22 Dec 2018 16:18:51 +0100, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> The SDK is supposed to be relocatable, so symlinks must not be
> absolute.
> 
> Add a new helper script, that replaces all absolute symlinks with
> relative ones.

This script is really not trivial. This additional complexity raises a
simple question: how many packages install such absolute symlinks?
Should we instead detect such absolute symlinks, and use that to fix
the problematic packages ?

I am not saying at all that the approach of fixing all symlinks is
wrong, but I'd like to see a proper discussion on the balance between
fixing the problematic packages vs. taking the "brutal" approach of
this new fix-symlinks script.

Best regards,

Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com


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