[OE-core] [oe][Patch 0/2] udev: fix ptest to not influence qemu

[Max Krummenacher]

2015-01-26 14:42 GMT+01:00 Nathan Lynch <Nathan_Lynch at mentor.com>:
> On 01/25/2015 09:33 AM, Max Krummenacher wrote:
>> From: Max Krummenacher <max.oss.09 at gmail.com<>
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> On a OE setup configured to build ptest packages udev's ptest test files are
>> staged to the sysroot.
>> A run of qemu chockes on this test files and never returns.
>>
>> A ptest run on the target before any changes failed.
>> Patch 1/2 first fixes ptest.
>> Patch 2/2 keeps the test files in its tar-ball. run-ptest unpacks it before
>> a test and cleans up afterwards.
>>
>> This fixes the issues with qemu while the ptests can still be run witout
>> failure.
>
> This looks relevant to
>
> https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6734
> do_rootfs: The postinstall intercept hook 'update_pixbuf_cache' failed
>
>
I did not specifically look for the update_pixbuf_cache postinstalls.
Nontheless from the bug description I think the patch likely fixes
id=6734.
A cheap test on an affected build is to:
 rm -rf ..../sysroots/<machine>/usr/lib/udev/ptest
If that fixes the issue the patch will help.

Max