[OE-core] [PATCH] [OE-Core][PATCH] udev: Remove deprecated binaries from packaging

[Otavio Salvador]

On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Marko Katić <dromede at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 7:54 PM, Otavio Salvador
> <otavio at ossystems.com.br> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Chris Larson <clarson at kergoth.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Marko Katić <dromede at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> A proper solution might be to:
>>>>
>>>> a) Leave udevtest and udevinfo in udev-utils to properly support older
>>>> versions of udev that have these packages.
>>>> b) Move udevadm into the main udev package. This makes a lot of sense
>>>> since udevadm is crucial for proper udev operation.
>>>> c) Remove udev-utils from RRECOMMENDS.
>>>
>>>
>>> This sounds like a clean, solid route to me. Hopefully someone else will
>>> chime in with input on it as well.
>>
>>
>> I see no value in having the others and deprecated tools available. Having
>> udevadm available in udev-utils allows for it use with mdev for trigger the
>> events in kernel, for example. I like to have this possibility.
>>
>> --
>> Otavio Salvador                             O.S. Systems
>> E-mail: otavio at ossystems.com.br  http://www.ossystems.com.br
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>>
>
> Ok, so udevadm should stay in udev-utils. In that case i propose we:
>
> a) Add ${bindir}/udevadm and ${base_sbindir}/udevadm to
> FILES_udev-utils. This should
> ensure that udevadm will always go in udev-utils regardless of the
> udev version being built.
> This should also ensure that udev-utils package will always be made.
>
> b) Make udevadm available in both ${bindir} and ${base_sbindir} via
> symlinks installed in
> do_install_append. This should ensure proper support for all versions of udev.

I like your plan.

+1

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Otavio Salvador                             O.S. Systems
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