build: Allow fetching into directory outside build directory #1380
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Introduce an additional path (
F
,FETCH_BASE
) that is used for fetch targets for the builds.There are multiple motivations for using a distinct fetch base directory:
Prerequisite checklist
checkpatch.uk
on your commit series before opening this PR;Base target
Additional configuration
Build the application with the desired target directory, for example:
For testing purposes, fetching with wget can be disabled as following:
Description of changes
Before, the buildsystem fetched archives into
$BUILD_DIR/$LIBNAME
. With this commit, archives are fetched into$FETCH_BASE/$LIBNAME
. By default,$FETCH_BASE
is set to$BUILD_DIR
, resulting in the same behaviour as before.Further details:
$FETCH_BASE
does not have an effect onclone
rules.