Re: [PATCH 1/2] package: add tar development package for 3rd party modules

[Federico Vaga]

On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 01:11:18PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Hi--
>
> On 10/21/22 03:14, Federico Vaga wrote:
> > Most, if not all, Linux distributions provides a Linux development
> > package which purpose is to support the building of out-of-tree modules
> > without providing the entire source tree.
> >
> > What ends up in this development directory is a mixture of source
> > files (mainly headers) and generated ones (headers, and tools produced
> > by `make modules_prepare`).
> >
> > This patch is an attempt to generate a tarball archive containing all
> > required files to build external modules. It could be than reused by
> > packagers.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  Makefile                       |   2 +-
> >  scripts/Makefile.package       |  13 +++
> >  scripts/package/buildtar-devel | 207 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  3 files changed, 221 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >  create mode 100644 scripts/package/buildtar-devel
>
> Is there a patch 2/2?  I don't see it anywhere.

My mistake.

Yes there is a second one but I did not want to send it becuase it is about
generalizing buildtar to build 3 type of tarballs: the linux binaries to be
placed in /boot, the header files for user-space, and the development headers
and tools for out-of-tree modules (this patch).

The second one makes sense, only if this one makes sense. That's why I wrote few
lines in the RFC cover letter. I should have used the format-patch option to not
enumerate patches :)

> thanks.
> --
> ~Randy

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