[OE-core] Opkg 0.2.3

[Michael Gloff]

On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Paul Barker <paul at paulbarker.me.uk> wrote:

> On 30 October 2014 19:15, Michael Gloff <mgloff at emacinc.com> wrote:
> > As Paul mentioned yesterday opkg 0.2.4 is on it's way and 0.2.3 has been
> > available for 2 months. If there are not any objections, I have an
> updated
> > recipe and re-created previous patches that I could send. This should
> also
> > modify opkg-colateral to use the new syntax for lists_dir.
>
> I'm also sat on tested patches, I was planning to send them tomorrow.
> I've held the patches back as the deadline for such changes for OE 1.7
> had passed.
>

Thanks Paul. I'll wait for your patch set. I hit send before checking inbox.


>
> > I would also at this time like to propose changing the default list
> > directory from /var/lib to something else (/usr/lib ?). On a read only
> > rootfs, everything in /var/lib/ gets mounted on the tmpfs, therefore
> > packages installed get lost.
>
> Changes in v0.3.0 will make this much easier to configure. You'll be
> able to set cache_dir, lists_dir, info_dir, lock_file and status_file
> in opkg.conf. I'd rather we left the defaults as-is and use those
> settings once v0.3.0 is released. v0.3.0 will also create any
> directories needed if they don't exist. So it may make sense to set
> cache_dir to something under /tmp, lock_file to something under /var
> or /run and everything else under /usr if that's what's desired.
>
>
Cool, I'm looking forward to v0.3.0 and beyond
Why not use the new syntax? The recipe should reflect the version of the
package.
Changing the lists_dir with 0.2.1 did not work for me. I can test the old
syntax on 0.2.3 and see, if there is interest.

Is there a reason why opkg-collateral.bb exists? And couldn't be merged
with opkg?

Michael Gloff




> > I've tested changing the lists_dir and everything is working as expected.
> >
> > Michael Gloff
> >
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Paul Barker
>
> Email: paul at paulbarker.me.uk
> http://www.paulbarker.me.uk
>
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