[OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH V3 2/2] script/feeds: add a new command that allows generating a new feeds.conf

John Crispin john at phrozen.org
Wed Jun 5 08:33:42 EDT 2019


On 05/06/2019 13:35, Karl Palsson wrote:
> John Crispin <john at phrozen.org> wrote:
>> On 05/06/2019 12:17, Karl Palsson wrote:
>>> John Crispin <john at phrozen.org> wrote:
>>>> This can be used inside build setups for easy feeds.conf
>>>> generation.
>>> Could you give us an example of how this is actually easy, or
>>> what sort of functionality this is providing beyond "cat
>>> feeds.conf.default feeds.conf.extra > feeds.conf"
>>>
>>> It seems like a lot of perl for a narrow usecase.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Karl Palsson
>> This was brought up as a missing feature by the prpl folks. I
>> considered on how to best implement this and find that having
>> proper tooling is much better than having to carry around an
>> extra file that is cat. being able to build the feeds.conf
>> dynamically like this just seems much cleaner to me and will
>> allow downstream users, vendors, odms and integrators to have
>> less need to patch their trees to death.
> So, they still have to have a script, but now the script has...
>
>
> ...
> ./scripts/feeds setup -b src-git,private-aa,git://blah
> src-link,private-bb,/wop/blah
> ...
>
> instead of
> ...
> cp feeds.conf.default feeds.conf
> echo "src-git private-aa git://blah" >> feeds.conf
> echo "src-link private-bb /wop/blah" >> feeds.conf
> ...
>
> I mean, _yes_ it's "simpler" but it's only simpler by bringing in
> new tools with new layers of abstraction. I really question
> whether that's actually simpler for anyone in the long run, and
> also how this really counts as a "missing feature" There's still
> going to be a requirement for that vendor script.
>
> Sincerely,
> Karl Palsson

Its not a new tool, its an extra call to an already existing one. I 
believe that the one liner is much cleaner than the 3 line scriptage. 
there is no requirement for a vendor script. they ship with a PDF that 
has the build steps. This oneline will be much easier to use I believe.

     John



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