[OE-core] [] default-providers: introduce VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_initscripts

[Khem Raj]

On 7/13/18 3:22 AM, Ioan-Adrian Ratiu wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jul 2018, Khem Raj <raj.khem at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 7/10/18 7:44 AM, Ioan-Adrian Ratiu wrote:
>>> Commits 1202307b24 ("lsbinitscripts: don't use update-alternatives")
>>> cdcebd81c87 ("initscripts: don't use update-alternatives") and
>>> 061fa614cec ("update-alternatives.bbclass: refuse to manage SysV init
>>> scripts") make sure that the lsbinitscripts and initscripts packages
>>> conflict with eachother and can't be alternatives.
>>>
>>> lsb has a hardcoded dependency on lsbinitscripts which makes it
>>> impossible to install on systems using initscripts (acl depends on
>>> initscripts) and lsbinitscripts also has a runtime dependency on the
>>> full util-linux package making it an unwanted dependency on busybox
>>> systems.
>>>
>>> Therefore introduce VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_initscripts to choose between the
>>> versions of /etc/init.d/functions and allow installing lsb alongside
>>> initscripts avoiding the full util-linux dependency.
>>>
>>> Default it to lsbinitscripts so we don't have a change in the existing
>>> behavior; distros/users can override it in their conf when needed.
>>>
>>
>> We already have PREFERRED_RPROVIDER_initd-functions I wonder if that is
>> the right option to use here.
> 
> (I've sent patch v2 which fixes a build-error causing typo, sorry for it :)
> 
> We could use PREFERRED_RPROVIDER_initd-functions but that currently
> defaults to "initscripts". In all my layers nothing is using that
> variable, so would it be ok to change its default to lsbinitscripts to
> preserve the current default lsb/util-linux behaviour?
> 
> Or are you ok with using it as is, leaving the default to "initscripts"
> and just change the lsb dependency?
> 

if it is unused then change it to lsbscripts.

>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Ioan-Adrian Ratiu <adrian.ratiu at ni.com>
>>> ---
>>>  meta/conf/distro/include/default-providers.inc               | 1 +
>>>  meta/recipes-extended/lsb/lsb_5.0.bb                         | 3 +--
>>>  meta/recipes-extended/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-lsb.bb | 2 +-
>>>  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/default-providers.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/default-providers.inc
>>> index e65c1ed323..37e7478ea0 100644
>>> --- a/meta/conf/distro/include/default-providers.inc
>>> +++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/default-providers.inc
>>> @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_update-alternatives ?= "update-alternatives-opkg"
>>>  VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_apm ?= "apm"
>>>  VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_alsa-state ?= "alsa-state"
>>>  VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_getopt ?= "util-linux-getopt"
>>> +VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_initscripts ?= "lsbinitscripts"
>>>  VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_wireless-tools ?= "iw wireless-tools"
>>>  VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils ?= "busybox"
>>>  VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils-hwclock ?= "busybox-hwclock"
>>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/lsb/lsb_5.0.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/lsb/lsb_5.0.bb
>>> index df4812e4bc..6cb1751664 100644
>>> --- a/meta/recipes-extended/lsb/lsb_5.0.bb
>>> +++ b/meta/recipes-extended/lsb/lsb_5.0.bb
>>> @@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ LSB_CORE_x86 = "lsb-core-ia32"
>>>  LSB_CORE_x86-64 = "lsb-core-amd64"
>>>  RPROVIDES_${PN} += "${LSB_CORE}"
>>>  
>>> -# lsb_release needs getopt, lsbinitscripts
>>> -RDEPENDS_${PN} += "${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_getopt} lsbinitscripts"
>>> +RDEPENDS_${PN} += "${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_getopt} ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_initscripts}"
>>>  
>>>  LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://README;md5=12da544b1a3a5a1795a21160b49471cf"
>>>  
>>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-lsb.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-lsb.bb
>>> index 53d100ce74..74547b0773 100644
>>> --- a/meta/recipes-extended/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-lsb.bb
>>> +++ b/meta/recipes-extended/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-lsb.bb
>>> @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ RDEPENDS_packagegroup-core-lsb-misc = "\
>>>      gettext \
>>>      gettext-runtime \
>>>      groff \
>>> -    lsbinitscripts \
>>> +    ${VIRTUAL_RUNTIME-initscripts} \
>>>      lsbtest \
>>>      lsof \
>>>      strace \
>>>


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