[OE-core] PRServer's problem

[Mike Looijmans]

In addition, the introduction of PR server also increased the load on the 
OpenPLi "feed" servers with a few terabytes per month. Luckily, bandwidth is 
cheap nowadays :)

On 18-05-16 08:09, Robert Yang 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>"
>



Kind regards,

Mike Looijmans
System Expert

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