[OE-core] connman dependency of readline

[Khem Raj]

On Sat, Dec 7, 2019 at 7:40 AM <claus.stovgaard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I am starting to use Yocto / OpenEmbedded, where I was looking into
> using ConnMan as network manager.
>
> Though I was wondering about the readline dependency.
> Looking at the recipe
> https://github.com/openembedded/openembedded-core/blob/master/meta/recipes-connectivity/connman/connman.inc
> it is set to always depend on readline in the DEPENDS variable, even
> though as far as I know it is only the connmanctl which depend on
> readline.
> In EXTRA_OECONF the --enable-client is hardcoded.
>
> The client is though not included in the image unless you also add
> connman-client.
>
> So I am thinking on creating a patch where I create a
> PACKAGECONFIG[readline] like bluez5, as I would not need the client and
> will need not to include readline because of GPLv3.
>
> I guess email is the prefered way for patches compared to github pull
> requests?

yes

>
> Instead of my idea of creating as PACKAGECONFIG[readline], is there a
> better way so it is only included if connman-client is used, instead of
> just connman?

you are on the right track

>
> Have a nice weekend.
> Claus Stovgaard
>
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