[OE-core] [RFC] allow installation of multiple kernels in the rootfs

[Burton, Ross]

On 14 April 2015 at 16:18, Mark Hatle <mark.hatle at windriver.com> wrote:

> Honestly, I'm not really sure what all of the options are here.  I know
> that RPM
> supports a mode (designed for kernels and modules) that allow you to
> install
> multiple versions of the same package at the same time.  I'm not sure if
> this is
> what you want... but the initial install can only be a single version.
>
> Using RPM (or smart) basically you have to tell the system to 'install' vs
> 'upgrade'.  And as long as there are no conflicting files, it will happily
> do
> more then one version of the same package.
>
> (I doubt dpkg or deb support this, but I don't know.)
>

dpkg doesn't, and as opkg is a clone of dpkg I doubt that does either (if
it does, it's probably a bug).

Ross
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