[OE-core] DISTRO_FEATURES and world builds.

[Burton, Ross]

On 4 October 2013 03:15, Randy MacLeod <randy.macleod at windriver.com> wrote:
> ERROR: Nothing PROVIDES 'virtual/libgl' (but
> /home/rmacleod/src/distro/oe/oe-core.git/meta/recipes-graphics/clutter/clutter-1.0_1.14.4.bb,
> /home/rmacleod/src/distro/oe/oe-core.git/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa-demos_8.1.0.bb,
> /home/rmacleod/src/distro/oe/oe-core.git/meta/recipes-graphics/glew/glew_1.10.0.bb,
> /home/rmacleod/src/distro/oe/oe-core.git/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4-x11-free_4.8.5.bb,
> /home/rmacleod/src/distro/oe/oe-core.git/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/libglu_9.0.0.bb,
> /home/rmacleod/src/distro/oe/oe-core.git/meta/recipes-graphics/cogl/cogl-1.0_1.14.0.bb
> DEPENDS on or otherwise requires it)
> ERROR: mesa PROVIDES virtual/libgl but was skipped: missing required distro
> feature ['opengl'] (not in DISTRO_FEATURES)

Would a better solution be for "world" builds to recognise that a
dependency was explicitly skipped and turn that into a warning instead
of an error?

Ross