[Buildroot] [PATCH] utils/genrandconfig: check core-dependencies
Thomas Petazzoni
thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com
Thu Feb 8 21:20:25 UTC 2018
Hello,
On Tue, 6 Feb 2018 22:40:59 +0100, Arnout Vandecappelle
(Essensium/Mind) wrote:
> When generating a random configuration, also check the host
> dependencies for that configuration and error out if it fails.
>
> This is mainly intended for the autobuilders, so they don't try to
> build a configuration for which the necessary host packages are not
> installed.
>
> Instead of erroring out, we could also generate a different random
> config. However:
>
> - When called for the autobuilders, the autobuild-run script will
> anyway just attempt another build. The only difference is that a
> warning will be printed in this autobuild log now. This warning
> is in fact quite useful to hint that the autobuilder could benefit
> from intalling this additional host package.
>
> - When called manually, the user may in fact want to install the
> missing host package and continue with the saved random config.
>
> Fixes:
>
> http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/d7c/d7c12e873a71fef1e0b5e19cfad45024050614e1
> http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/a0a/a0a105c1ec2d0517112b02932a85831d4b597b9f
> http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/96c/96cc6cedc64c777e993671204809599a1498472a
>
> and many others...
>
> Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com>
> Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout at mind.be>
> ---
> utils/genrandconfig | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Applied to master, thanks.
Thomas
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