[OE-core] [PATCH 3/7] sysklogd: Use update-alternatives

[Khem Raj]

On Sun, Sep 2, 2018 at 11:49 PM Markus Lehtonen
<markus.lehtonen at linux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> IIRC, the problem was that all the syslog packages were providing ${sysconfdir}/init.d/syslog which caused problems. And I don't think that has changed.
>
> Why would you want to install two syslog daemons on the system? You should be able to install busybox after syslog as busybox-syslog is packaged in separate binary rpm.
>

thats fine, we need to have a RCONFLICTS statement to catch these
issues explicitly during packaging.

> Cheers,
>   Markus
>
> On 30/08/2018, 12.41, "ChenQi" <Qi.Chen at windriver.com> wrote:
>
>     On 08/30/2018 03:44 PM, Peter Kjellerstedt wrote:
>     >> -----Original Message-----
>     >> From: openembedded-core-bounces at lists.openembedded.org <openembedded-
>     >> core-bounces at lists.openembedded.org> On Behalf Of Khem Raj
>     >> Sent: den 30 augusti 2018 05:56
>     >> To: openembedded-core at lists.openembedded.org
>     >> Subject: [OE-core] [PATCH 3/7] sysklogd: Use update-alternatives
>     >>
>     >> busybox also provides klogd and syslogd, this change makes it coexist
>     >> peacefully. Currently rootfs fails in situations where both of them are
>     >> providing these binaries and busybox postinsts fail
>     >>
>     >> update-alternatives: Error: not linking
>     >> /mnt/a/oe/build/tmp/work/qemuriscv64-bec-linux/core-image-full-
>     >> cmdline/1.0-r0/rootfs/sbin/klogd
>     >> to /bin/busybox.nosuid since
>     >> /mnt/a/oe/build/tmp/work/qemuriscv64-bec-linux/core-image-full-
>     >> cmdline/1.0-r0/rootfs/sbin/klogd
>     >> exists and is not a link
>     >>
>     >> Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem at gmail.com>
>     >> ---
>     >>   meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/sysklogd.inc | 8 +++++++-
>     >>   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>     >>
>     >> diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/sysklogd.inc
>     >> b/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/sysklogd.inc
>     >> index fc4e67c18e..2a8bed00f3 100644
>     >> --- a/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/sysklogd.inc
>     >> +++ b/meta/recipes-extended/sysklogd/sysklogd.inc
>     >> @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=8ca43cbc842c2336e835926c2166c28b \
>     >>                       file://klogd.c;beginline=2;endline=19;md5=7e87ed0ae6142de079bce738c10c899d \
>     >>                      "
>     >>
>     >> -inherit update-rc.d systemd
>     >> +inherit update-rc.d systemd update-alternatives
>     >>
>     >>   SRC_URI = "http://www.infodrom.org/projects/sysklogd/download/sysklogd-${PV}.tar.gz \
>     >>              file://no-strip-install.patch \
>     >> @@ -70,3 +70,9 @@ python () {
>     >>       if not bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'sysvinit', True, False, d):
>     >>           d.setVar("INHIBIT_UPDATERCD_BBCLASS", "1")
>     >>   }
>     >> +
>     >> +ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"
>     >> +ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "klogd syslogd"
>     >> +ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[klogd] = "${base_sbindir}/klogd"
>     >> +ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[syslogd] = "${base_sbindir}/syslogd"
>     >> +
>     >> --
>     >> 2.18.0
>     > This is a (partial) revert of commit 988aad01b2 (sysklogd: don't use
>     > update-alternatives). Can you come to an agreement regarding which is
>     > the correct solution?
>     >
>     > //Peter
>     >
>
>
>     I think the previous commit (syslogd: don't use update-alternatives) is
>     made because syslog daemon conflict with each other. I guess the author
>     assumed that the 'syslogd' and 'klogd' alternatives entries are handled
>     by busybox-syslog package.
>
>     On the other hand, I think the patch is trying to solve the problem of
>     busybox being installed after sysklogd.
>     We are currently not seeing errors because busybox is likely to be
>     installed before sysklogd. Even in this situation, the result is not all
>     correct, because the links busybox's postinstall creates are covered by
>     the real binaries from sysklogd.
>
>     I think the problem is about busybox's handling of alternatives.
>
>     Khem, I've sent out a patch to fix busybox's alternatives logic. Could
>     you please help review it?
>
>     Best Regards,
>     Chen Qi
>
>
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