[OE-core] rpm generation question

[Mark Hatle]

On 4/19/16 7:15 PM, Tudor Florea wrote:
> 
> 
> 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?

What is the error with smart.  If it's the same dependency error then it almost
sounds like the feed database is out of sync.

--Mark

> 
> 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.
>>>
>>