[OE-core] [PATCH] e2fsprogs: fix packaging error for libext2fs

[Mark Hatle]

On 5/10/12 3:48 PM, Khem Raj wrote:
> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Mark Hatle<mark.hatle at windriver.com>  wrote:
>> On 5/10/12 3:30 PM, Khem Raj wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Andreas Oberritter
>>> <obi at opendreambox.org>    wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -FILES_libext2fs = "${libdir}/e2initrd_helper ${libdir}/libext2fs.so.*"
>>>> +FILES_libext2fs = "${libdir}/e2initrd_helper
>>>> ${base_libdir}/libext2fs.so.*"
>>>
>>>
>>> its probably not a good idea to mix files from libdir and base_libdir
>>> in a single
>>> package. Since lately we have been accommodating /usr to be mounted
>>> independently.
>>
>>
>> I am assuming the e2initrd_helper is an libexec component...  Will
>
> but its being installed into ${libdir}/e2initrd_helper I dont think
> libdir will exist initially.

package install/image creation expects the full filesystem to be mounted.  It's 
only during boot that partial mounts may exist.

I don't know what the e2initrd_helper does.. if it's required for booting, then 
it's needed in /... (or if libext2fs can't run w/o it.)

--Mark

>> libext2fs.so.* still work (during initial boot) w/o the libexec component?
>>   (I am assuming it will...)
>>
>> So this looks correct to me.  The split packages can have mixed base and
>> prefixed components... it's the filesystem that we hope will work without
>> the /usr being mounted.  But if the library requires an item in /usr, then
>> we may have to move that item to /lib as well....
>>
>> --Mark
>>
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