Re: [ptxdist] [PATCH 2/7] ptxdist: Add local-src command

["Uwe Kleine-König" <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>]

On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 03:01:50PM +0100, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 02:48:20PM +0100, Alexander Dahl wrote:
> > Hei hei, 
> > 
> > Am 2014-02-26 15:13, schrieb Sascha Hauer:
> > > Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
> > > ---
> > 
> > [snip]
> > 
> > > +  local-src <pkg> <directory>	overwrite a package source with a
> > > locally provided
> > > +				directory containing the sourcecode.
> > 
> > What exactly is the use case for this? Which source gets overwritten
> > with what other source and why?
> 
> You may be aware that you can put a link from local_src/${PACKAGE_NAME}_${PLATFORM}
> to a local directory. In this case ptxdist will use this directory as
> source directory for a package instead of the tarball. This is useful
> if you are working on the sourcecode for a package while compiling with
> ptxdist. The command is just a shortcut to create the link because I
> always forget the exact name of the link.
Obviously yes, it's local_src/${PACKAGE_NAME}.${PLATFORM} :-)

Uwe

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