[Buildroot] [PATCH v4 00/10] group llvm projects and bump to version 15.0.3

Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com
Thu Jul 20 21:06:38 UTC 2023


Hello Bernd,

On Thu, 20 Jul 2023 21:00:54 +0200
Bernd Kuhls <bernd at kuhls.net> wrote:

> quoting the user manual:
> http://buildroot.uclibc.org/downloads/manual/
> manual.html#_package_directory
> 
> "New subdirectories are discouraged, however."

Correct, with one exception: when a reasonable number of packages share
some common variables, especially the version variable. It's the case
for qt5, but it's also the case for those llvm-project packages, in
which case we tend to accept having a subdirectory.

Best regards,

Thomas
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