[LEDE-DEV] dnsmasq-full should deselect dnsmasq

[Eric Luehrsen]

On 05/02/2017 02:22 PM, Andrew McConachie wrote:
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> On 5/2/17 10:13, Jo-Philipp Wich wrote:
>> Hi Andrew,
>>
>>> When selecting package dnsmasq-full from make menuconfig I believe it
>>> should deselect package dnsmasq.
>> this is not easily solvable within the current Kconfig framework and
>> most likely a "won't fix" item in the foreseeable future.
>>
>> ~ Jo
>
> Hi Jo,
>
> How then should my package depend on dnsmasq-full? If it's not possible
> to de-select a package as a consequence of selecting another package,
> then how can there be packages that provide the same files?
>
> Perhaps this is another stupid question, but what's the point of having
> a package like dnsmasq-full if it cannot be DEPENDed upon?
>
> --Andrew

Within the build tools there appears to be a construct for a single 
package, but with options that are selectable (for conditional compile 
or otherwise). Maybe dnsmasq Makefile should be redone for this method. 
I am not sure if it fixes the dependency issues. However, should 
multiple packages provide the "same-different" files is a good question.