[Buildroot] mtd-utils 2.0.0-rc2

["Jörg Krause" <joerg.krause@embedded.rocks>]

Hi David,

On Fri, 2016-12-16 at 09:28 +0100, David Oberhollenzer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> a new version of mtd-utils is about to be released which, among other
> things,
> includes tons of fixes, cleanups and replaces the old, broken
> Makefile with
> an autotools based buildsystem.
> 
> Due to the many changes, especially regarding the build system we
> bumped the
> major version number, did an RC1 release last week and an RC2 release
> with
> fixes this week. Assuming all goes well, the final release will be
> next week.
> 
> 
> Tarball:???????????????ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/mtd-utils/mtd-util
> s-2.0.0-rc2.tar.bz2
> Tarball gpg signature: ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/mtd-utils/mtd-util
> s-2.0.0-rc2.tar.bz2.asc
> Signed git tag:????????git://git.infradead.org/mtd-utils.git v2.0.0-
> rc2
> 
> 
> I am writing this as both announce mails failed to reach the
> buildroot community
> (RC1 had a dead address and got bounced. I tried sending RC2 to the
> list but it
> was rejected as I wasn't registered yet).
> 
> There has been little feedback on the new autotools based build
> system so far, so
> it would be great if someone could give it try on the release
> candidate and give
> us some feedback _now_, so we don't ship a final version that fails
> to build on
> some obscure setup or target I didn't think of.

I tested building mtd 2.0.0-rc2 by using the autotools-package
infrastructure. I have two remarks:

1/ zlib is only required by mkfs.jffs2 and mkfs.ubifs
2/ Buildroot offers the possibility to install the "integck" tool on
the target. This is not covered by mtd, yet.

Apart from those, the build works fine.

Best regards,
J?rg Krause