[OE-core] [PATCH] package bbclass: allow per package PRIVATE_LIBS

[Richard Purdie]

On Fri, 2012-01-27 at 10:45 +0100, Koen Kooi wrote:
> Op 27 jan. 2012, om 00:52 heeft Richard Purdie het volgende geschreven:
> 
> > On Fri, 2012-01-27 at 00:17 +0100, Koen Kooi wrote:
> >> Op 26 jan. 2012, om 21:51 heeft Richard Purdie het volgende geschreven:
> >> 
> >>> On Thu, 2012-01-26 at 18:03 +0100, Koen Kooi wrote:
> >>>> If a recipe packages multiple versions of shlib (e.g. powervr drivers) we only want the shlib code to pickup $PN, not $PN-foo subpackages.
> >>>> This keeps backward compatibility with the global PRIVATE_LIBS usage if no per package PRIVATE_LIBS are set for a given package. In other words: this doesn't break the firefox recipe.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Koen Kooi <koen at dominion.thruhere.net>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> meta/classes/package.bbclass |    5 ++++-
> >>>> 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> >>>> 
> >>>> diff --git a/meta/classes/package.bbclass b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
> >>>> index 45447e3..22a76cf 100644
> >>>> --- a/meta/classes/package.bbclass
> >>>> +++ b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
> >>>> @@ -1246,7 +1246,8 @@ python package_do_shlibs() {
> >>>> 				if not this_soname in sonames:
> >>>> 					# if library is private (only used by package) then do not build shlib for it
> >>>> 					if not private_libs or -1 == private_libs.find(this_soname):
> >>>> -						sonames.append(this_soname)
> >>>> +						if not private_libs_pkg or -1 == private_libs_pkg.find(this_soname):
> >>>> +							sonames.append(this_soname)
> >>>> 				if libdir_re.match(root):
> >>>> 					needs_ldconfig = True
> >>>> 				if snap_symlinks and (file != this_soname):
> >>>> @@ -1328,6 +1329,8 @@ python package_do_shlibs() {
> >>>> 	shlib_provider = {}
> >>>> 	private_libs = d.getVar('PRIVATE_LIBS', True)
> >>>> 	for pkg in packages.split():
> >>>> +		if not private_libs:
> >>>> +			private_libs_pkg = d.getVar('PRIVATE_LIBS_' + pkg, True)
> >>> 
> >>> You might as well just put:
> >>> 
> >>>                        private_libs = d.getVar('PRIVATE_LIBS_' + pkg, True)
> >>> 
> >>> and drop the first bit of the patch.
> >> 
> >> Wouldn't that kill backward compatibility?
> > 
> > No, since it would only take effect if the plain PRIVATE_LIBS was not
> > set...
> 
> The problem with the 'private_libs' var is that it's global and this needs a pkg local variable.

I see your point. How about just doing:

	private_libs = d.getVar('PRIVATE_LIBS_' + pkg, True) or d.getVar('PRIVATE_LIBS', True)

?

The code just looks more complex in your patch than I think it needs to be.

Cheers,

Richard