Re: [PATCH] Revert "mkuboot.sh: Fail if mkimage is missing"

From: Jiri Kosina
Date: Thu Aug 25 2011 - 14:19:43 EST


On Thu, 25 Aug 2011, Roland Stigge wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On 08/25/2011 01:53 PM, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> > It causes the whole build to fail when mkimage is not found. This doesn't
> > seem right, as the failure is not fatal for the rest of the build.
>
> I disagree. As I understand, mkimage is only used on "make uImage". When
> I do this and the tool producing the uImage (i.e. the final target) is
> missing or can't produce the target otherwise, I expect an error.
> Otherwise, this problem would be silently ignored. That's why I created
> the original patch in the first place.
>
> Please tell me if I missed come fact.

Right you are. Sorry for the noise.

--
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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