[OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] sstate.bbclass: check before open the manifest

[Robert Yang]

On 09/01/2013 06:07 AM, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 7:51 AM, Robert Yang <liezhi.yang at windriver.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi RP,
>>
>> Thanks, I've made a draft patch for fixing why make-3.82 is being built,
>> the problem is that when we run "bitbake make-3.81":
>> - For 'make' itself, it will build make_3.81.bb
>> - But for make-dev/dbg, it will build make_3.82.bb since there is no
>> PREFERRED_VERSION and it will use the highest version.
>>
>> This draft patch sets the PREFERRED_VERSION for the pkg and will fix the
>> problem, I will send it to bitbake-devel later.
>
> Nice discovery :-) This does seem to address a core issue.
>
>> diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/taskdata.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/taskdata.py
>> index 58fe199..fc8ee6d 100644
>> --- a/bitbake/lib/bb/taskdata.py
>> +++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/taskdata.py
>> @@ -429,6 +429,22 @@ class TaskData:
>>               return
>>
>>           all_p = dataCache.providers[item]
>> +        logger.warn("pppreferred: %s" % dataCache.preferred)
>> +
>> +        # Check whether item has the one of following formats and set the
>> +        # PREFERRED_VERSION if it does:
>> +        # - <pn>-<pv>
>> +        # - <pn>-<pv>-<pr> (when no PE)
>> +        # - <pn>_<pe>-<pv>-<pr> (when PE)
>> +        for fn in all_p:
>> +            pn = dataCache.pkg_fn[fn]
>> +            pe = dataCache.pkg_pepvpr[fn][0]
>> +            pv = dataCache.pkg_pepvpr[fn][1]
>> +            pr = dataCache.pkg_pepvpr[fn][2]
>> +            if not pe and (item == "%s-%s" % (pn, pv) or item == "%s-%s-%s"
>> % (pn, pv, pr)):
>> +                cfgData.setVar("PREFERRED_VERSION_" + pn, pv)
>> +            elif pe and item == "%s_%s-%s-%s" % (pn, pe, pv, pr):
>> +                cfgData.setVar("PREFERRED_VERSION_" + pn, pv)
>
> I understand the problem here but maybe this should be checked in
> bitbake and avoid iterate in all packages?
>

Yes, you are right, it should be sent to bitbake-devel mailing list,
and I'm trying to avoid iterating in all packages.

// Robert