[OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] core-image-lsb: enforce pam as a needed distro feature

Mark Hatle mark.hatle at windriver.com
Mon Mar 31 17:57:05 UTC 2014


On 3/31/14, 12:31 PM, Burton, Ross wrote:
> On 31 March 2014 18:03, Richard Purdie
> <richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>> I kind of disagree with that, the LSB image can take into account
>> configuration in other parts of the system. If pam isn't configured, I'm
>> not sure that should automatically make it completely unbuildable...
>
> An image that claims to be LSB compliant but due to
> not-immediately-obvious DISTRO_FEATURES isn't actually doesn't seem
> like a good idea to me, fwiw.  If the LSB image requires PAM, X11 and
> so on then it should require the features.

I agree the image with the name LSB should enforce the items it knows the LSB 
depends on.  If the user patches that away then it becomes their issue.

--Mark

> Ross
>




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