[OE-core] rpm generation question

[Tudor Florea]

On 20/04/2016 04:08, Mark Hatle wrote:
> 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.
It was the same error. I have rebuild and retest everything from scratch
and now is working.
I'm going to send a patch for this.
Thank you very much.
 Tudor.
> 
> --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.
>>>>
>>>
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