[Buildroot] [PATCH 3/8] core/show-info: report install types for virtual packages too

[Thomas Petazzoni]

On Sat, 11 Apr 2020 10:12:28 +0200
"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr> wrote:

> Although virtual packages do not usually install anything, they do
> participate in the dependency chain, and they also transition smoothly
> from 'not handled yet' all the way down to 'all set'. And in fact, it
> happens that some virtual packages do install something; for example,
> the virtual package 'toolchain' does tweak the musl headers during a
> post staging hook.
> 
> As such, people may want to know when those packages have been handled.
> To that goal, they will need to know what stampfile to look at (the
> target, staging, or images ones) to identify what step the virtual
> package is at.
> 
> So, report the type of install steps for virtual packages too, which
> means for all packages.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
> Cc: Vadim Kochan <vadim4j at gmail.com>
> Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com>
> Cc: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be>
> Cc: eeppeliteloop at gmail.com
> ---
>  package/pkg-utils.mk | 10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

I've applied, but with a significantly reworked commit log to clarify
the intention. Thanks!

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