[oe] QA for intentionally unpackaged files

[Koen Kooi]

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Michael Krelin schreef:
>>> UNSHIPPED = "${libdir}/libpython2.4.so ${bindir}/smtpd.py"  #reason why
>>> not package/ship it
>>         Who exactly will go over all recipes and add such lines?
> 
> I take it the proposal was that package maintainers should take care of
> it. Indeed, it would be better if intentionally unpackaged files invoked
> no QA notice. But I think the solution is either not install them or rm
> them after installation, depending on installation procedure nature.

Or we could patch package.bbclass[1] to do:

PACKAGES += "${PN}-leftovers"
FILES_${PN}-leftovers = "/"

I'm not sure if that works, but if it does, we would be able to spot leftovers more easily
by looking at deploy.

regards,

Koen

[1] this wouldn't work in bitbake.conf
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