Re: [Qemu-devel] updating to a u-boot without the case-sensitive filename clash

["Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 10:06:35AM -0500, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 10/10/2017 09:22 AM, Peter Maydell wrote:
> > Hi; we currently have an issue with the u-boot we're using where it
> > has a file and a directory that differ only in case (scripts/Kconfig
> > and scripts/kconfig/). This means that QEMU's release tarballs won't
> > unpack on a case-insensitive filesystem (OSX, Windows).
> > 
> > u-boot have now fixed this upstream:
> > http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot.git;a=commitdiff;h=610eec7f0593574c034054ba54fc1c934755e208
> > 
> > but we need to decide how best to get this fix into QEMU so that
> > our tarballs will unpack, both for the upcoming QEMU 2.11 and
> > ideally for future point releases based on 2.10.
> > 
> > I can see a couple of options:
> >  (1) wait for next u-boot release (scheduled for Nov 13, 2017),
> >      and move to that
> >      [downsides: would be in the middle of QEMU's own release cycle,
> >       pretty late to fix any problems with the new version;
> >       rather a big change to put into stable]
> >  (2) move to u-boot current head-of-unstable
> >      [downsides: would mean running some random git commit version,
> >       also not really very suitable for stable]
> >  (3) backport the upstream fix to sit on top of the u-boot version
> >      we're currently using (I think the patch should apply as-is)
> >      [downsides: would need to figure out how to get that commit into
> >       the mirror of the u-boot repo that we use; would a build of it
> >       claim a misleading u-boot version number?]
> >  (4) suggest your better idea here!
> > 
> > Thoughts?
> 
> half-and-half? Use option (1) for 2.11 (that is, wait for November's
> release there), but option (3) for 2.10.2 (that is, backport just the
> fix onto the u-boot version uses in 2.10.x right now)?  (I'm not sure
> I'm a fan of the idea of split maintenance like that, but am throwing it
> out as a possible (4) since you asked).

There's always the "do nothing" option for the stable branch too.

It isn't nice but there is a workaround, which we could easily publicise
on the '/download/' page of the website until 2.11 comes out


Regards,
Daniel
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