[buildroot 0000163]: Target Skeleton Update

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The following issue has been CLOSED 
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http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=163 
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Reported By:                pgrayson
Assigned To:                uClibc
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Project:                    buildroot
Issue ID:                   163
Category:                   Other
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     closed
Resolution:                 won't fix
Fixed in Version:           
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Date Submitted:             03-15-2005 18:31 PST
Last Modified:              02-10-2006 10:46 PST
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Summary:                    Target Skeleton Update
Description: 
Currently, there are two mechanisms for creating the target root filesystem
skeleton. The first mechanism uses a tarball containing a root filesystem
skeleton. The second mechanism overlays a directory tree on-top of the
target root filesystem. Buildroot currently uses both of these mechanisms
concurrently.

A deficiency of the current directory tree overlay mechanism is that it
only works for files -- directories must already exist (ostensibly from
the tarball skeleton).

The attached patch resolves this deficiency. A side-effect of this is that
the tarball mechanism can be deprecated and the directory tree overlay can
entirely supercede it. This has [obvious and] significant advantages in
terms of version controlling the root filesystem skeleton.

This patch also makes a tweak that allows TARGET_SKELETON,
TARGET_SKEL_DIR, and TARGET_DEVICE_TABLE to be overridden correctly.
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Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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03-15-05 18:31  pgrayson       New Issue                                    
03-15-05 18:31  pgrayson       File Added: buildroot-target-skel.patch          
         
03-16-05 12:10  andersen       Status                   new => assigned     
03-16-05 12:10  andersen       Assigned To               => uClibc          
02-10-06 10:46  prpplague      Status                   assigned => closed  
02-10-06 10:46  prpplague      Resolution               open => won't fix   
02-10-06 10:46  prpplague      Additional Information Updated                   

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