[OE-core] [oe-core] attr dependency on linux-yocto

[Vladimir Molokov]

whoa, thanks for the information
though I think it is not great,
when applications, like vim, get linux dependecies.

did anyone try to fix this?
could it be considered as a bug?
i can try to file the bug and fix it


On Fri, 17 Jan 2020, 15:23 Ross Burton, <ross.burton at intel.com> wrote:

> On 16/01/2020 23:22, Vladimir Molokov wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Question about attr. I'm not familiar with it.
> >
> > On a clean poky is it normal(not a bug?) to have deps such as
> >
> > "attr.do_build" -> "linux-libc-headers.do_package_write_rpm"
> > "attr.do_build" -> "linux-yocto.do_deploy"
> > "attr.do_build" -> "linux-yocto.do_package_write_rpm"
> >
> > How they are appear? I didn't find anything in attr which could be the
> cause.
> > It's just a clean poky from a repo, after . oe-init-build-env and
> > bitbake -g attr.
> > Appreciate any hints.
>
> It's a long and convoluted dependency chain that only happens if you
> have ptest enabled.  I can't recall the exact details but at some point
> attr-ptest RDEPENDS on util-linux and util-linux-ptest recommends
> kernel-module-scsi-debug.
>
> As bitbake wants to ensure dependencies are satisfiable, building attr
> will ensure a kernel is built.
>
> Ross
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