[Buildroot] custom skeleton question

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Liam" == Liam Staskawicz <liam at stask.net> writes:

 > I'd like to create a custom rootfs skeleton based on Ubuntu Base
 > (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Base) via the existing skeleton-custom
 > package, but rather than ship the entire skeleton in my repo, i'd like
 > to download it (either as a step in another custom package or
 > otherwise).

Doesn't this "base" already contain a number of libraries and programs?
I don't quite see how this fits in Buildroot.

 > Given that BR2_ROOTFS_SKELETON_CUSTOM_PATH is evaluated at kconfig
 > time, I don't see the best way to supply this value from another
 > package.

 > Is there a recommended approach to supply this value more dynamically?

Instead of using it as a rootfs skeleton you could perhaps create a
package to download such a "base" and extract it on top of the default
skeleton?

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Bye, Peter Korsgaard