[OE-core] [PATCH] lighttpd: remove fam as a PACKAGECONFIG option

[Trevor Gamblin]

On 9/23/19 2:01 PM, Trevor Gamblin wrote:

> From: Trevor Gamblin <trevor.gamblin at windriver.com>
>
> lighttpd builds fail if "fam" (and therefore gamin) is enabled.
>
> In conf/local.conf:
>
>      CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL += "lighttpd"
>      PACKAGECONFIG_append_pn-lighttpd = " fam"
>
> bitbake error:
>
>      ERROR: Nothing PROVIDES 'gamin' (but /yow-lpggp31/tgamblin/oe-core.git/meta/recipes-extended/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.54.bb DEPENDS on or otherwise requires it)
>      NOTE: Runtime target 'lighttpd' is unbuildable, removing...
>      Missing or unbuildable dependency chain was: ['lighttpd', 'gamin']
>      ERROR: Required build target 'core-image-minimal' has no buildable providers.
>      Missing or unbuildable dependency chain was: ['core-image-minimal', 'lighttpd', 'gamin']
>
> Since gamin doesn't appear to have a recipe and hasn't been
> maintained for several years, this should be removed from the
> list of lighttpd PACKAGECONFIG options.
>
> Signed-off-by: Trevor Gamblin <trevor.gamblin at windriver.com>
> ---
>   meta/recipes-extended/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.54.bb | 1 -
>   1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.54.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.54.bb
> index 72990d02e5..3f9e4fec18 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-extended/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.54.bb
> +++ b/meta/recipes-extended/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.54.bb
> @@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[krb5] = "--with-krb5,--without-krb5,krb5"
>   PACKAGECONFIG[pcre] = "--with-pcre,--without-pcre,libpcre"
>   PACKAGECONFIG[zlib] = "--with-zlib,--without-zlib,zlib"
>   PACKAGECONFIG[bzip2] = "--with-bzip2,--without-bzip2,bzip2"
> -PACKAGECONFIG[fam] = "--with-fam,--without-fam,gamin"
>   PACKAGECONFIG[webdav-props] = "--with-webdav-props,--without-webdav-props,libxml2 sqlite3"
>   PACKAGECONFIG[webdav-locks] = "--with-webdav-locks,--without-webdav-locks,util-linux"
>   PACKAGECONFIG[gdbm] = "--with-gdbm,--without-gdbm,gdbm"

While troubleshooting I learned that gamin has not been maintained for 
several years. See:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454124

https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/gamin

Is there a reason why we'd want to keep it in the PACKAGECONFIG options 
list?