[OE-core] [PATCH] i2c-tools: Split binaries and library

John Ernberg john.ernberg at actia.se
Wed Apr 17 07:00:11 UTC 2019


On 4/16/19 2:36 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 12:02:04PM +0000, John Ernberg wrote:
>> ...
>> --- a/meta/recipes-devtools/i2c-tools/i2c-tools_4.1.bb
>> +++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/i2c-tools/i2c-tools_4.1.bb
>> ...
>> -PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-misc"
>> +PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-misc ${PN}-utils "
>> ...
> i2c-tools-utils is a weird name.
>
> It would be better to add a new package libi2c for the library instead.
>
> This would also not break backwards compatibility for people
> already installing i2c-tools to their images.
>
> cu
> Adrian
>
I tried to avoid breaking the backwards compatibility with the 
RRECOMMENDS, but I do agree with the package name suggestion so I'll 
tinker with it and send a V2 when I get something going.

Best regards // John Ernberg


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