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

[Mark Hatle]

On 11/12/13, 8:01 PM, Mark Hatle wrote:
> 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.

BTW I just verified that the 1-5/6 work properly with an opkg backend as well.

--Mark

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