[OE-core] [PATCH] eglibc-initial: Ensure symlinks point to the correct location when built from sstate cache

[Khem Raj]

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 4:26 AM, Richard Purdie
<richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> If the sstate files are installed into a sysroot from the sstate cache,
> the directory to the main sysroot can change and the symlinks aren't
> adjusted to account for this. This is a problem specific to the toolchain
> bootstrap process. This patch adds up a function to recreate the
> symlinks, hence ensuring they always point at the correct location.
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org>
> ---
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/eglibc/eglibc-initial.inc b/meta/recipes-core/eglibc/eglibc-initial.inc
> index 448f73a..9062516 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-core/eglibc/eglibc-initial.inc
> +++ b/meta/recipes-core/eglibc/eglibc-initial.inc
> @@ -60,4 +60,16 @@ do_siteconfig () {
>        :
>  }
>
> +SSTATEPOSTINSTFUNCS += "eglibcinitial_sstate_postinst"
> +eglibcinitial_sstate_postinst() {
> +       if [ "${BB_CURRENTTASK}" = "populate_sysroot" -o "${BB_CURRENTTASK}" = "populate_sysroot_setscene" ]
> +       then
> +               # Recreate the symlinks to ensure they point to the correct location
> +               for t in linux asm asm-generic; do
> +                       rm -f ${STAGING_DIR_TCBOOTSTRAP}${includedir}/$t
> +                       ln -s ${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}${includedir}/$t ${STAGING_DIR_TCBOOTSTRAP}${includedir}/
> +               done
> +       fi
> +}
> +

you could do ln -sf here