[OE-core] [RFC] Move package-split of kexec-tools (kdump/kexec) into oe-core?

[Mark Hatle]

On 12/6/11 10:46 AM, Leon Woestenberg wrote:
> Hello all,
>
>
> meta-openembedded uses .bbappend to change the package-split-up of "kexec-tools"
> (as in openembedded-core) into "kexec" and "kdump" packages (this was classic OE
> behaviour).
>
> http://cgit.openembedded.org/meta-openembedded/commit/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools_2.0.2.bbappend?id=0c6d03335c117d24096598a3415ba22f74ec4f6e
>
> However, in openembedded-core we have a dependency on kexec-tools, thus this
> error results:
>
> | * satisfy_dependencies_for: Cannot satisfy the following dependencies for
> task-core-tools-testapps:
> | * kexec-tools *
> | * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package task-core-tools-testapps.
>
>
> So the use of meta-openembedded as a layer breaks openembedded-core.
>
> As a solution, can we move this package-split into openembedded-core?
>
>
> Other (neat!) solutions at hand? Maybe a meta-package?
>

That package split seems reasonable to me, along with corresponding changes to 
openembedded-core to choose the "right" kexec-tools..  (in this case since it's 
test apps, we'd want both...)

--Mark

> Regards,
>
> Leon.
>
> thanks 'ant_work' for the pointer to bbappend.
>
>
>
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