[oe] RFC: make do_install and do_deploy a PACKAGE_FUNC

[Richard Purdie]

On Sat, 2007-05-19 at 19:58 +0200, Koen Kooi wrote:
> Koen Kooi schreef:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Lately there have been several problems with files not getting packaged, because users
> > resumed builds after a failure. Richard has come up with a fix:
> > 
> > http://www.rpsys.net/openzaurus/temp/oe-install-change.patch
> > 
> > The only bug with that patch is that do_deploy fails, which can be solved by making that a
> >  PACKAGE_FUNC as well.
> > 
> > What do you think about that?
> 
> So this is bugfree and can go in immediately?

I'm in two minds about this.

An alternative is we stop populate_packages() moving files around,
copying them instead. This means deploy can run after install, install
can be a separate task and builds should continue where they left of if
interrupted during the packaging phase.

Opinions?

Richard