[OE-core] [PATCH 4/9] consolekit: fix sdk generation issues

[Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov]

On 12/15/2011 08:20 PM, Cui, Dexuan wrote:
> Richard Purdie wrote on 2011-12-15:
>> On Tue, 2011-12-13 at 20:19 +0400, Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov wrote:
>>> Currently sdk generation might fail with the following error:
>>> | Collected errors:
>>> |  * extract_archive: Cannot create symlink from ./var/log to
>>> 'volatile/log': File exists.
>>> ERROR: Function 'do_populate_sdk' failed
>>>
>>> This happens as consolekit package will include both
>>> /var/log/ConsoleKit and /var/volatile/log/ConsoleKit files:
>>> lumag at fangorn:~/OE-scripts$ dpkg-deb -c
>> build/tmp--eglibc/deploy/ipk/core2/consolekit_0.4.5-r7_core2.ipk  |
>> grep var
>>> drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2011-12-07 22:12 ./var/ drwxr-xr-x
>>> root/root         0 2011-12-07 22:12 ./var/log/ drwxr-xr-x root/root
>>>       0 2011-12-07 22:12 ./var/log/ConsoleKit/ lrwxrwxrwx root/root
>>>     0 2011-12-07 22:12 ./var/run ->  volatile/run drwxr-xr-x root/root
>>>       0 2011-12-07 22:12 ./var/volatile/ drwxr-xr-x root/root         0
>>> 2011-12-07 22:12 ./var/volatile/log/ drwxr-xr-x root/root         0
>>> 2011-12-07 22:12 ./var/volatile/log/ConsoleKit/ drwxr-xr-x root/root
>>>       0 2011-12-07 22:12 ./var/volatile/run/ drwxr-xr-x root/root
>>>   0 2011-12-07 22:12 ./var/volatile/run/ConsoleKit/
>>>
>>> Inclusion of both log directories causes this error. Drop the
>>> /var/log/ConsoleKit in favour of /var/volatile/log
> Hi Dmitry,
> Could you please explain how and where the extract_archive error is caused?
> Where is /var/log linked to /var/volatile/log?

I have tried building meta-toolchain-qte... and I got exactly the error 
from my original message.

>
> Do you mean RP's patch "consolekit: Fix ${localstatedir} race" didn't fix the issue?
> (I suspect so)

Yes, I still had the issues even after PR's patch.

>
>> This effectively reverts:
>> http://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/commit/?id=5608a748
>> af2c754f60137ab7c3010ccce6bf9e40 so I think this fixes one problem at
>> the expense of causing another. Koen: Any comments?
>
> Thanks,
> -- Dexuan


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With best wishes
Dmitry