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| author | Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr> | 2016-10-14 16:39:22 +0200 |
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| committer | Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com> | 2016-10-16 13:01:02 +0200 |
| commit | 339e1c9500cd1057118576c51be4953c23bc7a40 (patch) | |
| tree | 739bc3410c4368d806fd0adcfd7d2d8afefd2ee3 /docs | |
| parent | 1b496d40e3457e42fcf35004c677af4dc91dd935 (diff) | |
core: allow a br2-external tree to override a defconfig
Currently, it is not possible for a br2-external tree to override a
defconfig bundled in Buildroot, nor is it possible to override one from
a previous br2-external tree in the stack.
However, it is interesting that a latter br2-external tree be able to
override a defconfig:
- the ones bundled in Buildroot are minimalist, and almost always
build a toolchain, so a br2-external tree may want to provide a
"better" defconfig (better, in the sense "suited for the project");
- similarly for a defconfig from a previous br2-external tree.
But we can't do that, as the rules for the defconfigs are generated in
the order the br2-external trees are specified, all after the bundled
defconfigs. Those rule are patten-matching rules, which means that the
first one to match is used, and the following ones are ignored.
Add a new utility macro, 'reverse', inspired from GMSL, that does what
it says: reverse a list of words.
Use that macro to reverse the list of br2-external trees, so that the
latters win over the formers, and even over bundled ones.
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Cc: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>
Cc: Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com>
Cc: Romain Naour <romain.naour@openwide.fr>
Cc: Julien CORJON <corjon.j@ecagroup.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/customize-outside-br.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/customize-outside-br.txt b/docs/manual/customize-outside-br.txt index 09977e050..4c0f56813 100644 --- a/docs/manual/customize-outside-br.txt +++ b/docs/manual/customize-outside-br.txt @@ -169,5 +169,6 @@ And then in +$(BR2_EXTERNAL_FOO_42_PATH)/package/package1+ and + .Note: If a defconfig file is present in more than one br2-external tree, then - the first one is used. It is not possible to override a defconfig - bundled in Buildroot. + the one from the last br2-external tree is used. It is thus possible + to override a defconfig bundled in Buildroot or another br2-external + tree. |