Hey Alan, let's imagine we have a Makefile/port/package called <foo>, and the following within the respective Makefile:
DEPENDS:=bar # package <foo> will be only selectable, if <bar> is selected DEPENDS:=+bar # <foo> will be always selectable and - if selected - is going to select <bar> automatically as dependency Greetings mirko On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 15:05 -0600, Alan Post wrote: > coi ro do, > > Last month I purchased a Ben NanoNote and began working on porting > packages and understanding how OpenWrt works. > > I have commit access to qi-hardware's repository, but this > repository mostly serves to track OpenWrt's backfire and trunk > branches. > > I have a question about packages and dependencies in OpenWrt, based > on what I have observed. > > I see that a package may list what it depends on. I don't think > this dependency is checked if you enable a package in make > menuconfig. If you enable a package but don't enable the > dependencies, the package will be skipped. > > Is this true? I still feel like I'm getting myself oriented in > using OpenWrt, so please excuse what may be a basic question.=20 > > Thank you, > > -Alan -- This email address is used for mailinglist purposes only. Non-mailinglist emails will be dropped automatically. If you want to get in contact with me personally, please mail to: mirko.vogt <at> nanl <dot> de _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
