[OE-core] [PATCH 2/2] uninative: Switch from bz2 to xz

richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org
Wed May 29 21:29:31 UTC 2019


On Wed, 2019-05-29 at 17:25 -0400, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 09:50:22PM +0100, 
> richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org wrote:
> > On Wed, 2019-05-29 at 13:39 -0700, akuster808 wrote:
> > > On 5/29/19 12:26 PM, richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2019-05-29 at 12:21 -0700, akuster808 wrote:
> > > > > On 5/29/19 11:43 AM, Richard Purdie wrote:
> > > > > > (From OE-Core rev:
> > > > > > 29fc9210b973be68de474e75068e4c72371afe5a)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <
> > > > > > richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org>
> > > > > With back port to warrior and Thud too?
> > > > Yes, we'll need to do that if we bring fedora 30 workers online
> > > > on
> > > > the
> > > > autobuilder.
> > > I know the uninative update is required for FC30 but changing the
> > > compression does not.
> > > 
> > > This question is about the compression extension question.
> > > 
> > > Does this mean YP will no longer be providing bz2 uninatives?
> > 
> > Correct, the patch should be straight forward to include with the
> > upgrade.
> 
> Does that in turn mean we must have host xz-utils?

It will mean you need a tar which supports the -J option. The tests
I've see so far suggest all our oldest supported distros do...

Cheers,

Richard



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