mtdutils and libubiio

[Mike Frysinger]

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 08:47, Corentin Chary wrote:
>> search the archives ... some one already posted a method for libifying
>> the UBI code that exists in mtd-utils.  fixing up the minor remaining
>> issues with that patch seems saner than trying to merge a completely
>> unrelated code base.
>
> libubiio use code from mtd-utils and UBI, so it's not realy a
> "completely unrelated code base".

you didnt indicate any relationship, nor did the git tree.  at any
rate, it's still an untested code base unlike the aforementioned patch
which has been tested and is in active use now.

>>We use them because they are simple.  There has been nothing to-date that
>> has really required anything else.  I have no experience with CMake, but
>> I'd rather avoid adding dependencies on it.
>
> Makefile are simple, but so is CMake. Adding a new shared library is
> as simple as that :

if you read the archives as i suggested, you'd see that shared
libraries are not desirable here.
-mike