build: remove package preconfig feature

This feature has been unused for years, and its scope is too limited to be
actually useful.

Signed-off-by: Matthias Schiffer <mschiffer@universe-factory.net>

4 files changed, 2 insertions, 73 deletions

diff --git a/include/package-dumpinfo.mk b/include/package-dumpinfo.mk
index 1be7d958d4..7cc8f3f6dc 100644
--- a/include/package-dumpinfo.mk
+++ b/include/package-dumpinfo.mk
@@ -9,19 +9,6 @@ ifneq ($(DUMP),)
 
 dumpinfo: FORCE
 
-define Config/template
-Preconfig: $(1)
-Preconfig-Type: $(2)
-Preconfig-Default: $(3)
-Preconfig-Label: $(4)
-
-endef
-
-define Config
-  Preconfig/$(1) = $$(call Config/template,$(1),$(2),$(3),$(4))
-  preconfig_$$(1) += $(1)
-endef
-
 define Dumpinfo/Package
 $(info Package: $(1)
 $(if $(MENU),Menu: $(MENU)
@@ -59,8 +46,7 @@ $(if $(URL),$(URL)
 $(if $(Package/$(1)/config),Config:
 $(Package/$(1)/config)
 @@
-)$(foreach pc,$(preconfig_$(1)),
-$(Preconfig/$(pc))))
+))
 endef
 
 define Feature/Default
diff --git a/package/Makefile b/package/Makefile
index 4fdf415046..0aefbb8023 100644
--- a/package/Makefile
+++ b/package/Makefile
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ $(curdir)/install: $(TMP_DIR)/.build $(curdir)/merge $(if $(CONFIG_TARGET_PER_DE
 			$(call opkg,$(TARGET_DIR)) flag $$flag `cat $$file`; \
 		done; \
 	done || true
-	@-$(MAKE) package/preconfig
 
 	$(CP) $(TARGET_DIR) $(TARGET_DIR_ORIG)
 
@@ -96,8 +95,6 @@ ifdef CONFIG_SIGNED_PACKAGES
 	); done
 endif
 
-$(curdir)/preconfig:
-
 $(curdir)/flags-install:= -j1
 
 $(eval $(call stampfile,$(curdir),package,prereq,.config))
diff --git a/scripts/metadata.pm b/scripts/metadata.pm
index c0c967c01c..5d829ebbcd 100644
--- a/scripts/metadata.pm
+++ b/scripts/metadata.pm
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ package metadata;
 use base 'Exporter';
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-our @EXPORT = qw(%package %srcpackage %category %preconfig %features %overrides clear_packages parse_package_metadata parse_target_metadata get_multiline @ignore %usernames %groupnames);
+our @EXPORT = qw(%package %srcpackage %category %features %overrides clear_packages parse_package_metadata parse_target_metadata get_multiline @ignore %usernames %groupnames);
 
 our %package;
-our %preconfig;
 our %srcpackage;
 our %category;
 our %features;
@@ -177,7 +176,6 @@ sub parse_target_metadata($) {
 }
 
 sub clear_packages() {
-	%preconfig = ();
 	%package = ();
 	%srcpackage = ();
 	%category = ();
@@ -191,7 +189,6 @@ sub parse_package_metadata($) {
 	my $file = shift;
 	my $pkg;
 	my $feature;
-	my $preconfig;
 	my $src;
 	my $override;
 	my %ignore = map { $_ => 1 } @ignore;
@@ -299,21 +296,6 @@ sub parse_package_metadata($) {
 		};
 		/^Config:\s*(.*)\s*$/ and $pkg->{config} = "$1\n".get_multiline(*FILE, "\t");
 		/^Prereq-Check:/ and $pkg->{prereq} = 1;
-		/^Preconfig:\s*(.+)\s*$/ and do {
-			my $pkgname = $pkg->{name};
-			$preconfig{$pkgname} or $preconfig{$pkgname} = {};
-			if (exists $preconfig{$pkgname}->{$1}) {
-				$preconfig = $preconfig{$pkgname}->{$1};
-			} else {
-				$preconfig = {
-					id => $1
-				};
-				$preconfig{$pkgname}{$1} = $preconfig unless $src->{ignore};
-			}
-		};
-		/^Preconfig-Type:\s*(.*?)\s*$/ and $preconfig->{type} = $1;
-		/^Preconfig-Label:\s*(.*?)\s*$/ and $preconfig->{label} = $1;
-		/^Preconfig-Default:\s*(.*?)\s*$/ and $preconfig->{default} = $1;
 		/^Require-User:\s*(.*?)\s*$/ and do {
 			my @ugspecs = split /\s+/, $1;
 
diff --git a/scripts/package-metadata.pl b/scripts/package-metadata.pl
index 7bffb2374c..fe6e25b3c8 100755
--- a/scripts/package-metadata.pl
+++ b/scripts/package-metadata.pl
@@ -372,19 +372,6 @@ sub print_package_overrides() {
 sub gen_package_config() {
 	parse_package_metadata($ARGV[0]) or exit 1;
 	print "menuconfig IMAGEOPT\n\tbool \"Image configuration\"\n\tdefault n\n";
-	foreach my $preconfig (keys %preconfig) {
-		foreach my $cfg (keys %{$preconfig{$preconfig}}) {
-			my $conf = $preconfig{$preconfig}->{$cfg}->{id};
-			$conf =~ tr/\.-/__/;
-			print <<EOF
-	config UCI_PRECONFIG_$conf
-		string "$preconfig{$preconfig}->{$cfg}->{label}" if IMAGEOPT
-		depends on PACKAGE_$preconfig
-		default "$preconfig{$preconfig}->{$cfg}->{default}"
-
-EOF
-		}
-	}
 	print "source \"package/*/image-config.in\"\n";
 	if (scalar glob "package/feeds/*/*/image-config.in") {
 	    print "source \"package/feeds/*/*/image-config.in\"\n";
@@ -579,29 +566,6 @@ sub gen_package_mk() {
 	if ($line ne "") {
 		print "\n$line";
 	}
-	foreach my $preconfig (keys %preconfig) {
-		my $cmds;
-		foreach my $cfg (keys %{$preconfig{$preconfig}}) {
-			my $conf = $preconfig{$preconfig}->{$cfg}->{id};
-			$conf =~ tr/\.-/__/;
-			$cmds .= "\techo \"uci set '$preconfig{$preconfig}->{$cfg}->{id}=\$(subst \",,\$(CONFIG_UCI_PRECONFIG_$conf))'\"; \\\n";
-		}
-		next unless $cmds;
-		print <<EOF
-
-ifndef DUMP_TARGET_DB
-\$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/uci-defaults/$preconfig: FORCE
-	( \\
-$cmds \\
-	) > \$@
-
-ifneq (\$(IMAGEOPT)\$(CONFIG_IMAGEOPT),)
-  package/preconfig: \$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/uci-defaults/$preconfig
-endif
-endif
-
-EOF
-	}
 }
 
 sub gen_package_source() {