[OE-core] [PATCH 2/5] util-linux, util-linux-libs: Build and package util-linux libs separately

[Khem Raj]

> On Feb 20, 2015, at 4:55 AM, Richard Purdie <richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 2015-02-20 at 04:24 +0000, Khem Raj wrote:
>> We have a catch-22 where systemd->libmount(util-linux) ->
>> libssytemd(systemd)
>> 
>> This patch breaks the dependency loop by building and packaging libraries from
>> util-linux package in a separate package.
> 
> Every time we're tried to split a piece of software into two like this
> it has been a world  of pain. Are we sure there is no alternative to
> this?
> 
> I'm *very* nervous about this :(

I don’t think there is another solution. unless we have a different package providing libmount.so and then we could disable
it in util-linux, I have taken most care during split, thanks to testlab/buildhistory to make sure that exact content is divided
into 2. What sort of issues do you expect ?