[OE-core] [PATCH 1/2] glibc: re-package for libnss-db

[Huang, Jie (Jackie)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Khem Raj [mailto:raj.khem at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2017 03:40
> To: Huang, Jie (Jackie)
> Cc: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer
> Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH 1/2] glibc: re-package for libnss-db
> 
> On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 12:20 AM,  <jackie.huang at windriver.com> wrote:
> > From: Jackie Huang <jackie.huang at windriver.com>
> >
> > On other distros like ubuntu/centos, libnss-db usually provides:
> > - The libraries
> > - The Makefile to create database
> >   (in /var/db for centos, /var/lib/misc/ for ubuntu)
> > - The makedb command (it's in glibc-common for centos7)
> >
> > What we had is:
> > - The libraries are in glibc-extra-nss
> > - The Makefile is removed
> > - The makedb command is in glibc-utils (lack of dependency)
> >
> > So when glibc-extra-nss is installed but glibc-utils is not,
> > we see error like:
> > nscd[165]: 165 checking for monitored file `/var/db/group.db': No such file or
> directory
> > nscd[165]: 165 checking for monitored file `/var/db/passwd.db': No such file
> or directory
> >
> > And there is not an easy way to create these databases.
> >
> > To fix the issue:
> > - Re-package the libraries into libnss-db
> > - Don't remove the Makefile and add it in libnss-db
> > - Add RDEPENDS for libnss-db on glibc-utils and make
> >
> 
> this looks ok although, changing glibc packaging is a bit thorny for
> external toolchains and
> other libraries. Would be better if this was added to commit saying
> that they have yet another
> package that they need to provide if replacing glibc from core.

Sorry I'm not sure I understand correctly, did you mean I just need to add 
words in the commit message like the following?

"For external toolchain, an extra package 'libnss-db' need to be provided If replacing glibc from core."

Thanks,
Jackie 

> 
> > Signed-off-by: Jackie Huang <jackie.huang at windriver.com>
> > ---
> >  meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc-package.inc | 5 +++--
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc-package.inc b/meta/recipes-
> core/glibc/glibc-package.inc
> > index df3db2cc45..1c3782dbb0 100644
> > --- a/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc-package.inc
> > +++ b/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc-package.inc
> > @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
> >  INHIBIT_SYSROOT_STRIP = "1"
> >
> > -PACKAGES = "${PN}-dbg catchsegv sln nscd ldd tzcode glibc-thread-db ${PN}-
> pic libcidn libmemusage libsegfault ${PN}-pcprofile libsotruss ${PN} ${PN}-utils
> glibc-extra-nss ${PN}-dev ${PN}-staticdev ${PN}-doc"
> > +PACKAGES = "${PN}-dbg catchsegv sln nscd ldd tzcode glibc-thread-db ${PN}-
> pic libcidn libmemusage libnss-db libsegfault ${PN}-pcprofile libsotruss ${PN}
> ${PN}-utils glibc-extra-nss ${PN}-dev ${PN}-staticdev ${PN}-doc"
> >
> >  # The ld.so in this glibc supports the GNU_HASH
> >  RPROVIDES_${PN} = "eglibc rtld(GNU_HASH)"
> > @@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ FILES_ldd = "${bindir}/ldd"
> >  FILES_libsegfault = "${base_libdir}/libSegFault*"
> >  FILES_libcidn = "${base_libdir}/libcidn-*.so ${base_libdir}/libcidn.so.*"
> >  FILES_libmemusage = "${base_libdir}/libmemusage.so"
> > +FILES_libnss-db = "${base_libdir}/libnss_db.so.* ${base_libdir}/libnss_db-*.so
> ${localstatedir}/db/Makefile"
> > +RDEPENDS_libnss-db = "${PN}-utils make"
> >  FILES_glibc-extra-nss = "${base_libdir}/libnss_*-*.so
> ${base_libdir}/libnss_*.so.*"
> >  FILES_sln = "${base_sbindir}/sln"
> >  FILES_${PN}-pic = "${libdir}/*_pic.a ${libdir}/*_pic.map ${libdir}/libc_pic/*.o"
> > @@ -59,7 +61,6 @@ inherit libc-common multilib_header
> >
> >  do_install_append () {
> >         rm -f ${D}${sysconfdir}/localtime
> > -       rm -rf ${D}${localstatedir}
> >
> >         # remove empty glibc dir
> >         if [ -d ${D}${libexecdir} ]; then
> > --
> > 2.11.0
> >
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