[OE-core] [PATCH 0/6] Misc changes relating to toolchain and image gen

[Mark Hatle]

On 11/12/13, 7:33 PM, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 11:23 PM, Mark Hatle <mark.hatle at windriver.com> wrote:
>> A few misc fixes relating to toolchain and image generation.
>>
>> The first two in the set simply updated gcc to remove the -symlinks package
>> in favor of update-alternatives.
>>
>> The next fixes an issue w/ the previous binutils patch and upgrades.
>>
>> Next 2 update packagegroups to make revise and use the
>> packagegroup-core-buildessentials.
>>
>> The final patch fixes an issue w/ the image generatation.  If the
>> IMAGE_INSTALL contains a dependency instead of a package name, the system
>> was not able to translate it into a package.  This now works properly.
>>
>> Note, there is a case where an unresolvable set could be determined (rare,
>> but it is possible), in this case the user would need to add whatever is
>> required to fix it to the IMAGE_INSTALL.  (This could happen when 2 or more
>> conflicting packages all have the same provide, but none of them are in
>> the IMAGE_INSTALL line.  The system will attempt to determine which to
>> use, by checking if any of them are already in the IMAGE_INSTALL -- otherwise
>> it chooses the first entry.  If something else implied by a packagegroup
>> chooses a different version, a conflict would be generated.)
>
> Which package backends has been tested  with those changes?
>

6/6 only affects RPM.  So only RPM back end.

The other changes are generic and follow the existing models.  However, I only 
tested the RPM backend.

(Note v2 of 5/6 and 6/6 has been sent.  I accidentally sent a version prior to 
two minor revisions.)

--Mark