Hello Robert,

> Is there a reason to have more than one version in ptxdist at one time?
> If not, we shouldn't make it configurable, because maintenance effort
> explodes then. If yes, it can be done. Note that, if a new version is
> available, it can be changed in the .make file. But making it
> configurable suggests that projects may work with any possible version.

OK, I will change it.

>> Can I have access somehow to the git tree? That would be easier to
>> develop and provide patches.
>
> Marc has his own git tree and shadows the svn.
> http://git.pengutronix.de/?p=mkl/ptxdist;a=summary

Is there a clone url ?

>> Just curious, why is there an SVN tree if you are developing the tree
>> with git anyway?
> ptxdist is developed with svn since ages. git is shiny and new and has
> it's own class of possibilities and problems. People are free to use it,
> but the central repository remains svn for now.

I did not ask you to move to git...
I just thought it was currently the opposite around, that the svn tree
was generated from git these days... My mistake.

> Note that, if you want to generate a dependency, the packet label has to
> do the select, not a packet option.
> config FOO
>        bool
>        prompt "foo"
>        select BAR if FOO_BAR
>
> if FOO
>
> config FOO_BAR
>        bool
>        prompt "bar option to foo"
>
> endif

Clear!

> Looks like missing selects. Can you do the following:
> - try to identify the packet in question
> - ptxdist clean your project
> - ptxdist targetinstall only the suspicious packet

I will look into it, I might come up with some patches :-)

> Don't add dependencies in the makefiles, they have to be done in the .in
> files with select statements.
> Note that, for example, we plan to generate ipkg dependencies from the
> dep tree as well, and in order to do so, we have to have all deps in the
> kconfig system.

Clear!


Kind Regards,

Remy

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