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| author | John Crispin <john@openwrt.org> | 2015-01-22 09:35:40 +0000 |
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| committer | John Crispin <john@openwrt.org> | 2015-01-22 09:35:40 +0000 |
| commit | de3bf7e4c227f9947e352a4de3861c3475415f0a (patch) | |
| tree | 54925168e0e16d6baefcbf17394a43c2c756a83f /scripts/metadata.pm | |
| parent | bebf1e6e6ec7904137a4a1f87c059a0911dc6345 (diff) | |
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build: allow openwrt.git packages to be replaced by feeds
Currently, replacing a package available in openwrt.git requires
modifications in openwrt.git, or requires duplicating the package in a
feed but with a different name, which causes all kind of problems
related to dependencies (all packages selecting it would have to be
modified accordingly to select the new package).
With this change, if a package with the same name is present both in
feeds/ and package/ folders, the one in feeds/ can override the one
in package/, both in the menuconfig and during the build, by passing the
"-f" option to "./scripts/feeds install"
This mechanism is particularly useful for vendor tree, or in general for
application which needs to replace one particular package which exists
within openwrt.git by a custom/newer version.
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Olivari <mathieu@qca.qualcomm.com>
SVN-Revision: 44076
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