[OE-core] [PATCH 2/2] dosfstools: Remove initial directory contents feature

[Darren Hart]

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On 12/16/2011 07:40 AM, Darren Hart wrote:
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> 
> On 12/15/2011 11:35 PM, Koen Kooi wrote:
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>> Op 16 dec. 2011, om 07:14 heeft Darren Hart het volgende 
>> geschreven:
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>>> By using mtools, we don't need to continue to maintain and 
>>> workaround the issues generated by the -d feature included in
>>> the OE version of mkdosfstools. This reduces the number of 
>>> out-of-tree patches we have to carry by 3 and eliminates a
>>> rather buggy chunk of code.
>>> 
>>> Drop the initial patch adding -d as well as those applied to 
>>> improve it and those applied to work around its deficiencies.
> 
>> The meta-ti BSP layer is depending on the -b behaviour right now 
>> :(
> 
> -B or -d? I'm removing only -d. If -d, could you use mcopy instead?
> See Patch 1/2 for an example of a recursive population of the image
> using mcopy.  Alternatively, you could bbappend dosfstools in
> meta-ti to include these patches. Obviously we don't want to remove
> it from oe-core until you do one or the other, but ultimately, I
> think it's better that we remove it rather than continue to carry
> the out-of-tree patches forward.
> 
> Of course, we could try to convince someone to dig in and properly
> fix the feature and push to get it upstream - but for licensing
> reasons, we'd still be stuck carrying the patches. Since mcopy
> works properly as it is, I feel it's the preferable option.
> 
> Is anyone else making use of the -d feature?
> 

Erm. sorry, I see you and RP already hashed this out. -ENOPEPSIYET...

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Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
Yocto Project - Linux Kernel
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