[OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] autoconf-archive: inherit allarch and fix package splitting

[André Draszik]

On Mon, 2017-11-13 at 19:54 +0800, Robert Yang wrote:
> 
> On 11/13/2017 04:54 PM, André Draszik wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Mon, 2017-11-13 at 13:26 +0800, Chen Qi wrote:
> > > autoconf-archive is a set of common m4 macros, it should be allarch,
> > > just like it is on other distros.
> > 
> > I have found previously that when changing a recipe to produce more
> > generic
> > output, like in this case, and the old binary package is still in
> > deploy/,
> > then the package manager would always pick the more specific version,
> > even
> > if a more recent (by package version) exists in deploy. In my case I was
> > moving from PACKAGE_ARCH=${MACHINE_ARCH} to
> > PACKAGE_ARCH=${TUNE_PKGARCH},
> > but I guess it'll be the same here.
> 
> I think that it is because of the priority MACHINE_ARCH > TUNE_PKGARCH >
> allarch,
> which is the right behavior.

I'd say this patch here is a good example why it's not the right behaviour.

This patch is making autoconf-archive allarch, i.e. lower priority than
before. In other words, anybody who has the previous TUNE_PKGARCH version
already will never get an update, even if the version number is bumped.

Cheers,
Andre'