[BusyBox] not sure if this the list for my question
Frank
frannk_m1 at yahoo.com
Wed May 4 14:47:51 UTC 2005
--- Allan Clark <allanc at chickenandporn.com> wrote:
> Frank wrote:
>
> >I am trying to prune packages from buildroot until I get an
> >accetable size. But when I go into menuconfig to disable a
> >package and rebuild, it builds the package again. How can do
> i
> >clean without removing everything and rebuilding from
> scratch.
> >
> You might not get what you want with buildroot. (disclaimer:
> poor
> memory) buildroot is built to produce a working buildroot even
> if it's
> stopped partway through the build process; it's made to simply
> continue
> where it left off... I think. Once you have a working
> buildroot, you
> really never have to use it again. This means that there is
> little-to-zero focus on the ability to reconfig/rebuild your
> bildroot
> without completely wiping the directory and starting again.
> Perhaps
> with the complexity of the different packages it offers, the
> constraint
> of "it has to be able to rebuild with different options"
> seemed to
> constraining.
>
> ... I think... working from memory, and I could be very wrong.
>
> For the benefit of repeatability, I would actually recommend
> that you
> wipe the directory every time anyhow (but then, I like SRPMs
> -- personal
> preference, and I liked how gradeschool chemistry experiments
> were 100%
> repeatable).
>
> Make a script that builds your buildroot and runs your tests,
> discarding
> the bad configs and propagating the good changes forward. Let
> it run a
> few weeks while you work on other things or work on improving
> buildroot. Concurrent development might give you the answer
> you don't
> want to wait for while you're working os hard to get it
> another way. ...
> if you have the hardware and build cycles... Running tests
> allows you
> to pre-test new released of gcc, glibc, uClibc, busybox, etc
> before the
> main body of developers is forced to use it, so you have a bit
> of
> proactive behavior that your manager would love to discover.
>
> Allan
>
I think I'll abandon it and move on to something else. Thanks
for the info.
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