[OE-core] [PATCH 1/2] bluez4: Install simple-agent utility for pairing bluetooth devices

[Burton, Ross]

On 13 November 2013 13:24, Philip Balister <philip at balister.org> wrote:
> On 11/13/2013 07:34 AM, Burton, Ross wrote:
>> On 13 November 2013 11:38, Phil Blundell <pb at pbcl.net> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2013-11-13 at 18:08 +0800, Zhong Hongbo wrote:
>>>> From: Zhong Hongbo <hongbo.zhong at windriver.com>
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Zhong Hongbo <hongbo.zhong at windriver.com>
>>> [...]
>>>>       install -m 0644 ${S}/input/input.conf ${D}/${sysconfdir}/bluetooth/
>>>> +     install -m 0755 ${S}/test/simple-agent ${D}/${bindir}/simple-agent
>>>
>>> What does simple-agent actually do?  Is it generally enough useful that
>>> it should be installed unconditionally?
>>
>> It's a dumb agent for responding to incoming pairing requests, as it
>> works interactively from a terminal it's purely for testing purposes.
>> I'd prefer to see it (and probably more utilities) installed in
>> bluez4-tests as it's not generally useful.
>
> I think it is also useful for console only devices.

Again, only for interactive use where the user is sitting at a shell
and has started the agent themselves.  You'd never use it in a
production environment.

Ross