[OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] powertop: inherit update-alternatives and use a higher priority than busybox

[Cui, Dexuan]

Tom Rini wrote:
> On 07/07/2011 01:39 AM, Dexuan Cui wrote:
>> busybox-1.18.4 installs /bin/powertop and the powertop recipe
>> installs /usr/bin/powertop. So, in PATH, if /bin appears before
>> /usr/bin, we would run the version offered by busybox, which has a
>> very limited function (e.g., no parameter is accepted) and this
>> causes trouble to eclipse plugin. 
>> 
>> We can use update-alternatives for powertop with higher priority to
>> resolve the issue. 
>> 
>> Fixes [YOCTO #1208]
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <dexuan.cui at intel.com>
> 
> This fix seems a bit incomplete.  Why is busybox putting powertop into
> /bin when it almost certainly belongs in /usr/bin like the real recipe
> was placing it.  busybox needs a fix here too.
Thanks for the comment! 
I was hesitant about fixing busybox as I wasn't sure if it's worthy to make a patch to only fix the path for busybox. I don't know why busybox puts it into /bin. I think the best place may be /usr/sbin/. 
A little unluckily this patch to powertop has been already in poky master... So maybe we could try to fix the recipes in future, e.g., when upgrading them.

Thanks,
-- Dexuan