[OpenWrt-Users] is there a "make allpackages"?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008, RB wrote:

> Answering all your questions in one:
>
> > one more thing -- i assume that what you're describing will not only
> >  build all those packages, but will build a monstrously large .trx
>
> No, actually this option seems to default everything to building as a
> module and only builds in what's absolutely necessary.
>
> > just to clarify something, are we discussing stuff that is still
> > applicable under the latest repo checkout of openwrt?
>
> Yes, just synced a few minutes ago and validated.
>
> > that fourth option in "make menuconfig" -- i'd still physically have
> > to copy those packages under the "package" directory?  (and, if that's
> > true, i'd assume that just symlinking that package would work just as
> > well, no?)
>
> I've never done the 'make package/symlinks', but reading through what
> it does, that should be fine.  Seeing that it does an 'svn co' on
> 'packages' every time, though, you could/should probably save some
> bandwidth and time and just do the links yourself:
>
> cd $BUILD
> ln -sf /path/to/full/svn/mirror feeds/packages
> ln -sf /path/to/full/svn/mirror package/openwrt-packages
>
> That is, presuming you sync the entire OpenWRT tree instead of just
> 'trunk'.  And yes, manually symlinking individual packages should work
> as well.

ok, i'm going to have to read through the above a bit more carefully
to make sure i see what's going on.  much appreciated for all the help
-- once i figure it out, i'll write it up for general consumption.
thanks.

rday
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