>>> I tried to find a way to download a file with wget or a similar tool, which >>> would be used by a distribution builder (like Yocto, Buildroot, OpenWrt, >>> ...). >> >> Why would any build environment use tarballs? can you not just >> reference the git repository? This is much more efficient, IMHO. > > Open Build Service uses tarballs, too. We usually specify full URLs in > the RPM .spec file [1] both for documentation of origin and so that the > mirrored tarball can be verified via gpg or checksum where available. > As the actual build is intentionally done offline, at some point a > tarball is needed. The URL could happily be a redirect to some mirror.
This is the same in Fedora, the builds are done in a constrained environment without connectivity to the general internet. Peter _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
