[OE-core] PRServer's problem

[Sergey 'Jin' Bostandzhyan]

Hi,

just wanted to say that we are facing the same issue with PRServer and
live updates, looking forward to a possible solution.

Kind regards,
Sergey

On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 05:31:09PM +0800, Robert Yang wrote:
> 
> 
> On 05/18/2016 05:20 PM, Martin Jansa wrote:
> >On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 04:03:58PM +0800, Robert Yang wrote:
> >>Hi Martin,
> >>
> >>On 05/18/2016 03:39 PM, Martin Jansa wrote:
> >>>See:
> >>>https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5970
> >>>
> >>>Just using recipe checksum wont work, because the main reason for PR bumps is to
> >>>automatically upgrade the packages when one of the dependencies changes .so
> >>>version, which you won't detect from recipe checksum of the app which is just
> >>>using the library.
> >>
> >>For the development branch like master, yes, that would happen. But for
> >>the stable release like jethro and krogoth, it is unlikely that would
> >>happen, and if if does, the user can manually bump the impacted recipe's
> >>PR to fix the problem. The current problem is that when *all* recipes'
> >>PR are bumped, there is no way to fix the problem.
> >
> >You can still stop using PR service and start doing manual PR bumps, but
> 
> We can't stop PR service and start doing manual PR bumps since we need keep
> update to date with upstream, the changes from upstream don't do the manual
> PR, and I don't think that we have to if they can be done automatically.
> 
> >it's quite annoying if you need to bump a lot of recipes you don't
> >control :).
> 
> What's your opinion about only consider RDEPENDS for PR service's checksum,
> please ?
> 
> // Robert
> 
> >
> >>>On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 8:09 AM, Robert Yang <liezhi.yang at windriver.com
> >>><mailto:liezhi.yang at windriver.com>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>     The PRServer bumps PR according to do_package's task hash, that
> >>>     causes it bumps *all* packages' PR when recipes like pseudo-native
> >>>     and rpm-native is changed. It is a very bad user experience when we
> >>>     run "smart/opkg upgrade" on running target, for example, when we apply
> >>>     a CVE patch to pseudo-native or rpm-native, or do some slight changes
> >>>     in their do_compile, "smart/opkg upgrade" will download/install *all*
> >>>     the packages since all of the packages' PR are bumped.
> >>>
> >>>     Here are some rough suggestions to fix this problem, and please feel
> >>>     free to give your suggestions.
> >>>     1) Do not use do_package's task for bumping PR, the easiest way
> >>>         is simulate manually bump PR -- only bump PR when the recipe
> >>>         itself's checksum is changed.
> >>>
> >>>     2) Add a new task for PRServer, redefine its task hash for bumping
> >>>         PR, for example, this task hash only considers RDEPENDS (no
> >>>         DEPENDS), and drop any native dependencies.
> >>>
> >>>     I prefer the first way, and an alternative way maybe add a var so that
> >>>     the user can configure it:
> >>>     PR_CHECKSUM = "${BB_TASKHASH}" (current way)
> >>>     Or
> >>>     PR_CHECKSUM = "<recipe checksum>"
> >>>
> >>>     --
> >>>     Thanks
> >>>
> >>>     Robert
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