[OE-core] [RFC][PATCH] vte: bring back old version to support xfce4-terminal

[Jussi Kukkonen]

On 17 June 2016 at 04:10, Andre McCurdy <armccurdy at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 2:47 PM, Burton, Ross <ross.burton at intel.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > On 16 June 2016 at 21:49, Mark Asselstine <mark.asselstine at windriver.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> While waiting to hear back about my inquiry I did take some
> >> time to put together this patch that allows things that
> >> require the older vte to continue to build. Since xfce4-terminal
> >> lives in meta-openembedded this might make more sense to carry
> >> over there. I am sure folks will have an opinion so sending this
> >> out as an RFC.
> >
> > That's certainly a good argument for putting the old vte in meta-oe.
>
> The meta-oe layers generally have a higher priority than oe-core, so
> having an older version in meta-oe and a newer version in oe-core can
> lead to unexpected results.
>
>
As far as I know the versions are parallel installable so that should not
be a problem. I removed the old one as there was no need for it in oe-core.
Should have checked meta-oe as well, but there were just so many moving
parts to juggle here... The right solution should indeed be to add the old
one into the layer where it's needed.

Jussi
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