[oe] [RFC] make building working zaurus images easier

[Koen Kooi]

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Michael Krelin schreef:
>>>> Michael Krelin schreef:
>>>>> I have never looked into all this machinery, but since we have, e.g.
>>>>> x11-image-spitz.tar.gz 
>> IMAGE_NAME = "${IMAGE_BASENAME}-${MACHINE}-${DATETIME}" :)
>>
>>>>> and zImage-spitz.bin symlinks, I'd guess that we 
>>>>> can do without these somewhat ugly when unnecessary `ls|sort|uniq|tail` 
>>>>> things, can't we?
>>>> Won't tar package up the symlinks instead of the real files in that case?
>>> Yes, but we can use readlink to work out the real file...
>> How about this:
>>
>> cd ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}
>> mkdir ${IMAGE_NAME}-installkit/
>>
>> # Get the latest kernel using the zImage-<machine>.bin symlink
>> cp `readlink zImage-${MACHINE}.bin` ${IMAGE_NAME}-installkit/zImage.bin
> 
> hmm.. isn't that equivalent to
> 
> cp zImage-${MACHINE}.bin ${IMAGE_NAME}-installkit/zImage.bin
> 
> ? cp surely will dereference symlink unless asked not to.

Good point. The script is now at http://bugs.openembedded.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2690 for
review and improvements.

regards,

Koen
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