[OE-core] [PATCH 00/40 V2] fix rdepends on bash perl and python

Robert Yang liezhi.yang at windriver.com
Wed Jul 23 08:58:29 UTC 2014



On 07/23/2014 03:46 PM, Andrea Adami wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 3:05 PM, Robert Yang <liezhi.yang at windriver.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 07/22/2014 08:37 PM, Andrea Adami wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Robert Yang <liezhi.yang at windriver.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Note:
>>>> I put PATCH 3 to PATCH 40 in one email to avoid flushing the mailing
>>>> list, I'd
>>>> like to put them into one patch, but I have to write the reason one by
>>>> one.
>>>> Please get the commits from the repo.
>>>>
>>>> * V2: (Fixed comments from RP)
>>>>     - Add bash-native to ASSUME_PROVIDED
>>>>     - Use RDEPENDS_${PN} rather than RDEPENDS_${PN}_class-target
>>>>
>>>> * V1:
>>>>     - Initial version
>>>>
>>>> // Robert
>>>>
>>>> The following changes since commit
>>>> 6bc3696d8451a23d743daf03ee98c4ba54ce4551:
>>>>
>>>>     wget: Remove unneeded DEPENDS line (2014-07-21 19:10:30 +0100)
>>>>
>>>> are available in the git repository at:
>>>>
>>>>     git://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core-contrib rbt/fixrdeps
>>>>
>>>> http://cgit.openembedded.org/cgit.cgi/openembedded-core-contrib/log/?h=rbt/filedep
>>>>
>>>> Robert Yang (40):
>>>>     bitbake.conf: add bash-native to ASSUME_PROVIDED
>>>>     kernel.bbclass: add perl python bash to RDEPENDS_kernel-dev
>>>>     groff: add perl to RDEPENDS_groff
>>>>     attr: add perl to RDEPENDS_attr-ptest
>>>>     git: add perl to RDEPENDS_gitweb
>>>>     syslinux: add perl to RDEPENDS_syslinux-misc
>>>>     texi2html: add perl to RDEPENDS_texi2html
>>>>     gst-plugins-package: add perl to RDEPENDS_gst-plugins-base-apps
>>>>     foomatic-filters: add perl to RDEPENDS_foomatic-filters
>>>>     icon-naming-utils: add perl to RDEPENDS_icon-naming-utils
>>>>     rpm: add perl to RDEPENDS_rpm-build
>>>>     opensp: add perl to RDEPENDS_opensp
>>>>     aspell: add perl to RDEPENDS_aspell-utils
>>>>     glib-2.0: add perl to RDEPENDS_glib-2.0-utils
>>>>     lttng-tools: add perl bash python to RDEPENDS_lttng-tools-ptest
>>>>     quilt: add bash and perl to RDEPENDS
>>>>     udev: add perl to RDEPENDS_udev-ptest
>>>>     apt: add bash to RDEPENDS_apt
>>>>     lsbtest: add bash to RDEPENDS_lsbtest
>>>>     oprofile: add bash to RDEPENDS_oprofile-ptest
>>>>     pax-utils: add bash to RDEPENDS_pax-utils
>>>>     gzip: add bash to RDEPENDS_gzip
>>>>     dtc: add bash to RDEPENDS_dtc
>>>>     pm-utils: add bash to RDEPENDS_pm-utils
>>>>     grep: add bash to RDEPENDS_grep
>>>>     kconfig-frontends: add bash to RDEPENDS_kconfig-frontends
>>>>     xz: add bash to RDEPENDS_xz
>>>>     libpam: add bash to RDEPENDS_libpam-xtests
>>>>     valgrind: add bash to RDEPENDS_valgrind-ptest
>>>>     ltp: add bash and python to RDEPENDS_ltp
>>>>     piglit: add bash to RDEPENDS_piglit
>>>>     usbutils: add python to RDEPENDS_usbutils
>>>>     libxml2: add python to RDEPENDS_libxml2-ptest
>>>>     builder: add python to RDEPENDS_builder
>>>>     lttng-ust: add python to RDEPENDS_lttng-ust-bin
>>>>     libevent: add python to RDEPENDS_libevent
>>>>     gconf: add python to RDEPENDS_gconf
>>>>     blktrace: add python to RDEPENDS_blktrace
>>>>     dpkg: add perl to RDEPENDS_perl
>>>>     gnu-config: add perl to RDEPENDS_gnu-config
>>>>
>>>>    meta/classes/kernel.bbclass                        |    1 +
>>>>    meta/conf/bitbake.conf                             |    1 +
>>>>    meta/recipes-bsp/pm-utils/pm-utils_1.4.1.bb        |    2 +-
>>>>    meta/recipes-bsp/usbutils/usbutils_007.bb          |    2 +-
>>>>    meta/recipes-core/glib-2.0/glib.inc                |    2 ++
>>>>    meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2.inc               |    2 ++
>>>>    meta/recipes-core/udev/udev.inc                    |    2 +-
>>>>    meta/recipes-devtools/apt/apt_0.9.9.4.bb           |    2 +-
>>>>    meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg.inc                |    2 +-
>>>>    meta/recipes-devtools/git/git.inc                  |    2 +-
>>>>    .../gnu-config/gnu-config_20120814.bb              |    2 ++
>>>>    meta/recipes-devtools/gnu-config/gnu-config_git.bb |    2 ++
>>>>    .../icon-naming-utils/icon-naming-utils_0.8.90.bb  |    2 ++
>>>>    .../kconfig-frontends_3.12.0.0.bb                  |    2 ++
>>>>    meta/recipes-devtools/opensp/opensp_1.5.2.bb       |    2 ++
>>>>    meta/recipes-devtools/pax-utils/pax-utils_0.8.1.bb |    2 ++
>>>>    meta/recipes-devtools/quilt/quilt-0.63.inc         |    5 +++--
>>>>    meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_5.4+cvs.bb           |    4 +---
>>>>    meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_5.4.14.bb            |    4 +---
>>>>    meta/recipes-devtools/syslinux/syslinux_6.01.bb    |    1 +
>>>>    meta/recipes-devtools/valgrind/valgrind_3.9.0.bb   |    2 +-
>>>>    .../foomatic/foomatic-filters_4.0.17.bb            |    2 ++
>>>>    meta/recipes-extended/grep/grep_2.19.bb            |    2 ++
>>>>    meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff_1.22.2.bb        |    2 ++
>>>>    meta/recipes-extended/gzip/gzip.inc                |    2 ++
>>>>    meta/recipes-extended/lsb/lsbtest_1.0.bb           |    2 +-
>>>>    meta/recipes-extended/ltp/ltp_20140422.bb          |    2 +-
>>>>    meta/recipes-extended/pam/libpam_1.1.6.bb          |   12 ++++++++++--
>>>>    meta/recipes-extended/texi2html/texi2html_5.0.bb   |    2 ++
>>>>    meta/recipes-extended/xz/xz_5.1.3alpha.bb          |    2 ++
>>>>    meta/recipes-gnome/gnome/gconf_3.2.6.bb            |    2 +-
>>>>    meta/recipes-graphics/builder/builder_0.1.bb       |    2 +-
>>>>    meta/recipes-graphics/piglit/piglit_git.bb         |    5 ++++-
>>>>    meta/recipes-kernel/blktrace/blktrace_git.bb       |    2 ++
>>>>    meta/recipes-kernel/dtc/dtc.inc                    |    1 +
>>>>    meta/recipes-kernel/lttng/lttng-tools_2.3.1.bb     |    2 +-
>>>>    meta/recipes-kernel/lttng/lttng-tools_2.4.0.bb     |    2 +-
>>>>    meta/recipes-kernel/lttng/lttng-ust_2.3.1.bb       |    2 +-
>>>>    meta/recipes-kernel/lttng/lttng-ust_2.4.0.bb       |    1 +
>>>>    meta/recipes-kernel/oprofile/oprofile.inc          |    2 ++
>>>>    .../gstreamer/gst-plugins-package.inc              |    1 +
>>>>    meta/recipes-support/aspell/aspell_0.60.6.1.bb     |    2 ++
>>>>    meta/recipes-support/attr/attr.inc                 |    2 +-
>>>>    meta/recipes-support/libevent/libevent_2.0.21.bb   |    2 ++
>>>>    44 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> 1.7.9.5
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Robert,
>>>
>>> many thanks for having looked at the issue in [YOCTO #1662].
>>>
>>> Having to deal with size-contrained devices I immediately noticed that
>>> practically if we apply this patchset we risk to add bash (and perl &
>>> python in lesser extent) to the normal images we build.
>>
>>
>> If you use the rpm backend, the python/perl/bash dependencies should already
>> be there with or without these patches since the rpm can scan the depends
>> of bash/perl/python and install it, these patches should not affect the
>> image's size.
>>
>> If you use dpkg or ipkg backend, they can't work even they are installed
>> since lacks of interprets.
>>
>
> Hello,
>
> FWIW I use opkg / ipk packages.
> I'm pretty sure we deploy images since years able to upgrade and
> update, without python/perl/bash.
>
>>
>>>
>>> I cannot imagine offhand why i.e. gzip/xz are rdepending on bash.
>>
>>
>> For gzip, it is because:
>>
>>
>> Subject: [PATCH 22/40] gzip: add bash to RDEPENDS_gzip
>>
>> Bash scripts:
>> gzip/bin/zcat.gzip
>> gzip/bin/gunzip.gzip
>> gzip/bin/uncompress
>> gzip/usr/bin/zfgrep
>> gzip/usr/bin/gzexe
>> gzip/usr/bin/zdiff
>> gzip/usr/bin/zegrep
>> gzip/usr/bin/zforce
>> gzip/usr/bin/zmore
>> gzip/usr/bin/zcmp
>> gzip/usr/bin/zless
>> gzip/usr/bin/znew
>> gzip/usr/bin/zgrep
>>
>> [YOCTO #1662]
>>
>> I've looked at the files, there is a #!/bin/bash in the header, I've listed
>> the files which require python, perl and bash in each commit message.
>>
>
> I'm sorry I don't have time this week to look thoroughly, just giving
> a glimpse to the sources however reveals:
>
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gzip.git/tree/zcat.in
> #!/bin/sh
> # Uncompress files to standard output.
> ...
>
> so I don't see explicitely bash.
>

It is #!/bin/sh in zcat.in, but #!/bin/bash in zcat since it will change
the #!/bin/sh to the $SHELL (one of sh bash ksh sh5), and the AC_PROG_SHELL
prog will get the value of SHELL, Seems that the AC_PROG_SHELL checks the
host's /bin and /usr/bin, I will try to fix the AC_PROG_SHELL.
I will verify whether other files have the similar issues.

A few of them are /bin/sh and others are /bin/bash on Ubuntu 12.04.

// Robert

> Besides that, these are just scripts around the gzip binary, which has
> no runtime dependencies on bash.
>
> When you add +RDEPENDS_${PN} += "bash"  it translates in RDEPENDS_gzip
> while  that binary is NOT needing bash.
>
> Generally speaking for us in the embedded world, I think a more
> granular packaging could avoid such issues for widely installed utils
> or alternatively one will be obliged to use alternatives, i.e. the
> klibc-utils-gzip (maybe static) and avoid the issue alltogether.
>
>
>>
>>> (issue raised before, see
>>>
>>> http://lists.openembedded.org/pipermail/openembedded-core/2013-December/087160.html
>>>
>>> http://lists.openembedded.org/pipermail/openembedded-core/2013-December/087161.html
>>> )
>>>
>>> I think that if some sources do contain specific perl or python script
>>> these should be packaged separately.
>>
>>
>> That should be the next work if we really need remove the bashism or
>> package it separately, they can't work without the bash/perl/python
>> installed on the target image at the moment (if you use ipkg or dpkg).
>> I don't think that we have to remove bashsim or packaged separately for
>> each one.
>>
>> // Robert
>
> Repeating myself, I didn't check these 40 patches one by one.
> I'm still against the idea of adding unnecessary bloat then maybe one
> day removing it.
>
> So I think we should handle the issue the other way around, starting
> with the split/repackaging work.
> I agree removing bashism is a big task but is worth planning for one
> of next releases.
>
>
>>
>>
>>> Bashism should also be avoided in shell scripts: if just a few it is
>>> maybe better to patch the script so it can be run by i.e. busybox sh.
>>>
>>> That said, please check out the sources to see if the dependency is
>>> real and verify the runtime deps with i.e. packages.debian.org.
>>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>>
>>> Andrea
>>>
>>>
>>
>
> Regards
>
> Andrea
>
>



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