[OE-core] Conflicting providers for ssh/sshd (dropbear and openssh)

[Khem Raj]

On Jun 28, 2011, at 3:51 PM, Scott Garman <scott.a.garman at intel.com> wrote:

> On 06/28/2011 03:41 PM, Khem Raj wrote:
>> ERROR: Multiple .bb files are due to be built which each provide ssh
>> (/home/kraj/work/angstrom/sources/openembedded-core/meta/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear_0.52.bb
>> /home/kraj/work/angstrom/sources/openembedded-core/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_5.8p2.bb).
>>  This usually means one provides something the other doesn't and should.
>> ERROR: Multiple .bb files are due to be built which each provide sshd
>> (/home/kraj/work/angstrom/sources/openembedded-core/meta/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear_0.52.bb
>> /home/kraj/work/angstrom/sources/openembedded-core/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_5.8p2.bb).
>>  This usually means one provides something the other doesn't and should.
>> 
>> reason is that dropbear only provides ssh and sshd packages openssh
>> provides a few more e.g. openssh-sftp-server which is demanded by
>> some images and at same time wants dropbear to provide sshd and ssh
>> 
>> Now both recipes are to be built but are in contention for providing
>> ssh and sshd
>> 
>> How to solve this problem. ? Are other packages that openssh provides
>> strictly depending on ssh/sshd from openssh ? or will they work on
>> any ssh/sshd ?
>> 
>> If they are independent then may be the openssh recipe should be
>> divided into openssh-ssh and openssh-rest so one can use openssh
>> provided daemon or dropbear provided as they wish
> 
> I've run into that and have been wondering how to resolve it as well.
> 
> If there are currently existing images which are pulling in dropbear's ssh and sshd while using openssh's sftp-server, then that would imply they can work independently, even though that combo seems like an aggressive space optimization that I would tend to avoid.

yes if you build console-image with angstrom you will see it wanting sftp-server and dr bear for rest of ssh needs
> 
> Scott
> 
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> Scott Garman
> Embedded Linux Engineer - Yocto Project
> Intel Open Source Technology Center
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