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Re: Customising linux-libre


From: Ludovic Courtès
Subject: Re: Customising linux-libre
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 12:38:24 +0200
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Hello!

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <address@hidden> skribis:

> On 2016-07-22 21:58, Vincent Legoll wrote:
>>> Does anyone know a reason why all the .config stuff couldn't be
>>> moved to a separate 'configure-phase, before I waste my time? ;-)
>>
>> There's a thread in help-guix that may be relevant:
>>
>> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2016-07/msg00096.html
>
> Yes, in the sense that Ludo's example from that thread was what
> got me started. I hadn't expected it to be so easy.
>
> What I actually meant was: why is everything up to ‘make oldconfig’
> part of the build phase, and not a separate 'configure phase?

Good point!  The current ‘build-phase’ could very much be split into
maybe 3 phases: one to set ARCH, one to fiddle with .config, one to run
‘make oldconfig’, and one to perform the actual build (three? four?).

WDYT?

Ludo’.



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