[OE-core] [PATCHv2 1/2] oe-pkgdata-util: Make parse_pkgdatafile() support package suffixed vars

[Peter Kjellerstedt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: openembedded-core-bounces at lists.openembedded.org
> [mailto:openembedded-core-bounces at lists.openembedded.org] On Behalf Of
> Richard Purdie
> Sent: den 3 juni 2018 18:14
> To: Peter Kjellerstedt <peter.kjellerstedt at axis.com>; openembedded-
> core at lists.openembedded.org
> Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCHv2 1/2] oe-pkgdata-util: Make
> parse_pkgdatafile() support package suffixed vars
> 
> On Sat, 2018-06-02 at 21:30 +0200, Peter Kjellerstedt wrote:
> > Support for variables suffixed with package names, e.g., PKGV_foo, was
> > removed in commit 3d2c87c4, which broke support for recipes that set
> > other versions on their packages than what is in ${PV}.
> 
> Would it be possible to write some simple tests for oe-pkgdata-util to
> make sure we don't break it again?

It probably would. However, I am not the one to do the first ones (I 
generally suck at anything related to unit tests). But I can probably 
help add some to cover our use cases once there is a precedence for 
how to do it.

> Cheers,
> 
> Richard

//Peter