https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfstests-dev.git These tests are used for CI-testing of linux kernel at kernel.org. Any changes to fs/* require updating these tests. Would it be possible to add this as a package? It would really help to use buildroot as a platform for making kernel patches.
stsp, all, > Would it be possible to add [xfstests-dev] as a package? Yes, please feel free to send a patch adding it. See the manual: https://buildroot.org/downloads/manual/manual.html#adding-packages Regards, Yann E. MORIN.
These tests use mkfs command. which seems not provided under buildroot. I have individual mkfs.<fsname> commands, but the mkfs frontend is missing. How to "fix" that?
Activate System tools -> util-linux -> basic set: config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_BINARIES bool "basic set" ... help Install the basic set of util-linux binaries. blkdiscard, blkid, blockdev, chcpu, choom, col, colcrt, colrm, column, ctrlaltdel, dmesg, fdisk, fincore, findfs, findmnt, flock, fsfreeze, fstrim, getopt, hexdump, ipcmk, isosize, ldattach, look, lsblk, lscpu, lsipc, lslocks, lsns, mcookie, mkfs, mkswap, namei, prlimit, readprofile, renice, rev, rtcwake, script, scriptlive, scriptreplay, setarch, setsid, sfdisk, swaplabel, swapoff, swapon, uuidgen, uuidparse, whereis, wipefs ...
Thanks! I had to do util-linux-dirclean first, for this to take an effect, but it worked.
Is there a similar trick to enable native readlink? busybox's readlink is not suitable.
stsp, All, > Is there a similar trick to enable native readlink? readlink is from coreutils. Since this report is about adding a new package, I'm closing it. Discussion about development of new features is to be had on the mailing list. Regards, Yann E. MORIN.
But isn't working out the dependencies is a fundamental part of adding the package? I was asking about readlink and mkfs exactly because xfstests-dev uses them and is unsatisfied with the ones from busybox.
stsp, All, > But isn't working out the dependencies is a fundamental part of adding > the package? Yes, but discussion about adding a new package, and about the issues while doing so, are to be discussed on the mailing list, not in the bug tracker. Regards, Yann E. MORIN.