[OE-core] [PATCH] package.bbclass: handle links in sorted order

[Dan McGregor]

On 13 April 2016 at 11:40, Randle, William C <william.c.randle at intel.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2016-04-13 at 11:30 -0600, Dan McGregor wrote:
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> On 12 April 2016 at 10:51, Denys Dmytriyenko <denis at denix.org> wrote:
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> On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 08:22:21AM -0700, Bill Randle wrote:
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> When processing links, the directories are processed in unsorted order
> which can result in cases like /var/lock -> /run/lock handled before
> /var/run -> /run throwing an error for /var/run because /run already exists.
> Change the link processing to ensure links are processed in sorted order of
> the destination.
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> Seems to resolve the issue for me.
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> For me it introduces a new issue. I use two perm files, the OE default
> one, and one that changes two links to real directories. The new
> packaging code complains that a link target exists as a directory,
> even though a subsequent rule sets it up as a directory.
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> I think during parsing it should remove links as it finds directories
> with the same path, and remove directories with the same path in the
> order it sees them, that way when it does the in order processing it
> uses the last definition in the permissions table.
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> Dan, can you provide an example permissions file that illustrates this?
> Preferably via the Bugzilla entry, or if not convenient, then here?
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Yep, I just commented on the bug.

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> [YOCTO #9430]
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> Signed-off-by: Bill Randle <william.c.randle at intel.com>
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> Reported-by: Denys Dmytriyenko <denys at ti.com>
> Tested-by: Denys Dmytriyenko <denys at ti.com>
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