[OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] image.bbclass: leave metadata in place if a PM is installed in the image

[Paul Eggleton]

On Thursday 05 September 2013 13:07:20 Phil Blundell wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-09-05 at 06:59 -0500, Laurentiu Palcu wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 12:40:26PM +0100, Phil Blundell wrote:
> > > Actually, that last sentence is slightly incorrect.  image.bbclass does
> > > have the knowledge, it just seems to be failing to act on it.  So
> > > perhaps the easiest fix for the time being is simply to move the
> > > remove_packaging_data_files call in rootfs_uninstall_unneeded () a few
> > > lines higher up so that it's inside the "if [ -z $(delayed_postinsts) ]"
> > > block.
> > 
> > What you're suggesting means that we will have the PM metadata present
> > if there are delayed postinstalls present. But, since the PM is not
> > present, what's the use of that?
> 
> Well, er, that it will make the postinstalls work.  Isn't that exactly
> the problem here?

I'm clearly missing something here. If we have a generic mechanism to run 
postinstall scripts now, and "package-management" is not in IMAGE_FEATURES, 
why do we need or want the package manager to be in control of running the 
postinstalls?

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre