[OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] opkg-build: Ignore tar error due to hardlinks issue when creating ipk files

[Martin Jansa]

On Mon, Jul 06, 2015 at 10:17:19AM +0000, Alejandro Hernandez wrote:
> If a the number of hard links decreases or increases while creating
> the tar files used for an ipk package, tar fails with error code 1,
> if this is the case we ignore the error and continue to create the ipk file
> 
> [YOCTO #7933]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Hernandez <alejandro.hernandez at linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  .../opkg-utils/opkg-utils/tar_ignore_error.patch   | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  meta/recipes-devtools/opkg-utils/opkg-utils_git.bb |  4 +-
>  2 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>  create mode 100644 meta/recipes-devtools/opkg-utils/opkg-utils/tar_ignore_error.patch
> 
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg-utils/opkg-utils/tar_ignore_error.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg-utils/opkg-utils/tar_ignore_error.patch
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..4bcae4954
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg-utils/opkg-utils/tar_ignore_error.patch
> @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
> +If a the number of hard links decreases or increases while creating
> +the tar files used for an ipk package, tar fails with error code 1:
> +
> +| DEBUG: Executing python function do_package_ipk
> +| tar: ./usr/src/debug/gperf/3.0.4-r0/gperf-3.0.4/src/main.cc: file changed as we read it
> +NOTE: recipe gperf-3.0.4-r0: task do_package_write_ipk: Failed
> +ERROR: Task 6539 (recipes-extended/gperf/gperf_3.0.4.bb, do_package_write_ipk) failed with exit code '1'
> +
> +
> +We detect if the error code produced by tar is 1 and in this case ignore it.
> +
> +This a similar behavior to the one on dpkg:
> +http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/commit/?id=40731942515ec8d80c727ad561174986d4f05818
> +
> +Upsteam-Status: Inappropriate

Typo and why is it inappropriate? Looks like bugfix to me, even for
issue which usually happens in OE way of using opkg-build.

> +
> +Signed-off-by: Alejandro Hernandez <alejandro.hernandez at linux.intel.com>
> +
> +
> +Index: git/opkg-build
> +===================================================================
> +--- git.orig/opkg-build
> ++++ git/opkg-build
> +@@ -250,8 +250,21 @@ tmp_dir=$dest_dir/IPKG_BUILD.$$
> + mkdir $tmp_dir
> + 
> + echo $CONTROL > $tmp_dir/tarX
> +-( cd $pkg_dir && tar $ogargs -X $tmp_dir/tarX -cz $tarformat -f $tmp_dir/data.tar.gz . )
> +-( cd $pkg_dir/$CONTROL && tar $ogargs -cz $tarformat -f $tmp_dir/control.tar.gz . )
> ++
> ++
> ++# Ignore error code 1, caused by modifying the number of hard links while creating the tar file
> ++rc=0
> ++( cd $pkg_dir && tar $ogargs -X $tmp_dir/tarX -cz $tarformat -f $tmp_dir/data.tar.gz . ) || rc=$?
> ++if [[ $rc -ne 1 ]] && [[ $rc -ne 0 ]] ;then
> ++        exit $rc 
> ++fi
> ++
> ++rc=0
> ++( cd $pkg_dir/$CONTROL && tar $ogargs -cz $tarformat -f $tmp_dir/control.tar.gz . ) || rc=$?
> ++if [[ $rc -ne 1 ]] && [[ $rc -ne 0 ]] ;then
> ++        exit $rc
> ++fi
> ++
> + rm $tmp_dir/tarX
> + 
> + echo "2.0" > $tmp_dir/debian-binary
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg-utils/opkg-utils_git.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg-utils/opkg-utils_git.bb
> index 2800a5d..74b974d 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg-utils/opkg-utils_git.bb
> +++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/opkg-utils/opkg-utils_git.bb
> @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ PROVIDES += "virtual/update-alternatives"
>  SRCREV = "53274f087565fd45d8452c5367997ba6a682a37a"
>  PV = "0.1.8+git${SRCPV}"
>  
> -SRC_URI = "git://git.yoctoproject.org/opkg-utils"
> +SRC_URI = "git://git.yoctoproject.org/opkg-utils " 
> +
> +SRC_URI_append_class-native = "file://tar_ignore_error.patch"

Add leading space in append not in original SRC_URI variable.

Why is it applied only for native anyway?

>  
>  S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
>  
> -- 
> 1.8.4.5
> 
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