[Buildroot] [PATCH] package: don't default to y for categories

[Hans-Christian Egtvedt]

On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:15:45 +0100
Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com> wrote:

> Le Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:52:26 +0100,
> Hans-Christian Egtvedt <hans-christian.egtvedt at atmel.com> a écrit :
> 
> > It was more a remark about a general "bug" in the menu system
> > generated by kconfig now. Just look at the kernel, if you select a
> > driver beneath SPI, then you are not able to deselect the SPI
> > category. I think we should do the same with the kconfig in
> > Buildroot.
> 
> This is important when enabling a category enables the compilation of
> a particular set of code, required for the items available under this
> specific category.
> 
> In our case, the categories « Graphical libraries », « Audio stuff »
> and others do not lead to anything being compiled, except if I'm
> wrong. So I would say that we shouldn't be able to select/unselect the
> categories. They should just be submenus, to organize the options, not
> more.
> 

Ah, even more sane. I think I for long time ago (probably fixed now)
that LZO was not compiled if the compression menu was not selected. LZO
was selected by some other packages in a different sub menu.

Anyways, it was the LZO package which should have been fixed, not the
menu system.

> Look at the top of the kernel configuration system. Networking support
> can be enabled/disabled as a whole, while Device Drivers is just a
> submenu. Our categories should be like Device Drivers, IMO.
> 

Yes, that is smoother IMHO.

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Best regards,
Hans-Christian Egtvedt