[OE-core] rpm generation question

[Tudor Florea]

On 19/04/2016 21:02, Mark Hatle wrote:
> On 4/19/16 12:05 PM, Tudor Florea wrote:
>> As part of our test infrastructure we're attempting to install ptest
>> packages (and execute the tests accordingly).
>> Attempting to install ptest for valgrind fails with this error:
>>
>> error: Can't install valgrind-ptest-3.11.0-r0.1 at ppce500mc: no package
>> provides /this/is/a/bogus/interpreter/name
> 
> You can turn off the file level requires and provides on a per package basis.
> 
> SKIP_FILEDEPS_${PN}-ptest = '1'

Mark,
Thank you for the information provided.
Unfortunately this did not work as expected.
First issue: the dependency on bogus interpreter still exists with the
line above.
I was able to force remove this dependency by setting
MERGEPERFILEDEPS = "0"
on meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass. Of course this is not a fix but
only a test. I'm not sure if there is something missing around.

The second issue: The rpm created this way can be installed using the
command:
rpm -ivH ./valgrind-ptest-3.11.0-r0.4.ppce500mc.rpm
but still fails when attempt to install using smart.

Is this second issue a bug or smart is supposed to work this way?


Thank you,
 Tudor.

> 
> Otherwise (for rpm packages) the system will attempt to discover and use the
> per-file interpreter and other dependencies.  Since ptest is only tests, and the
> dependencies here are specific to tests -- it should be safe to disable them.
> 
> (If that isn't the right approach for some reason, there are some other ways to
> do a file level provide, but they're significantly more complicated and rarely
> used.)
> 
> --Mark
> 
>>
>> smart install valgrind-ptest-3.11.0-r0.1 at ppce500mc
>> Loading cache...
>> Updating cache...
>> ###############################################################################
>> [100%]
>>
>> Computing transaction...
>>
>>  error: Can't install valgrind-ptest-3.11.0-r0.1 at ppce500mc: no package
>> provides /this/is/a/bogus/interpreter/name
>>
>>
>> This is most probably caused by the file shell_badinterp contained in
>> this package having the following contents:
>>
>> #! /this/is/a/bogus/interpreter/name
>>
>> true
>>
>> Does anyone have an idea how to get rid of this error?
>> More specific: How can I exclude dependency on
>> "/this/is/a/bogus/interpreter/name" for an rpm package?
>>
>> Thank you very much.
>>   Tudor.
>>
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