[Buildroot] [PATCH] core: add rule to dump packages' build order

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On 07-04-17 12:43, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Fri, 7 Apr 2017 12:30:46 +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
> 
>>> Well, I've been tracking build-order issues for a while last WE, and
>>> believe me, I was very happy to be able to see the build order before
>>> I attempted a build, yes.  
>>
>>  That's my biggest problem with this feature: I have no idea how to use it.
>> Could you add some explanation somewhere?
> 
> Yann was tracking down the dc3dd failure. With some configurations it
> was building, with others not. So he was trying to figure which package
> that gets built before dc3dd causes the problem. For this, it was
> really nice to be able to load a configuration, and immediately see in
> which order packages would be built, and therefore which packages would
> be built before dc3dd, without having to do the build itself.
> 
> Does that explain better the use case for this?

 Ack. Could you add that to the commit message while applying?

 Regards,
 Arnout

> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Thomas
> 

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