[oe] [RFC] Ship dbus config and dbus service activation files

[Koen Kooi]

On 11-12-08 13:31, Mike (mwester) wrote:
> Koen Kooi rudely writes:
>> On 11-12-08 01:55, Mike (mwester) wrote:
>>
>> http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/repo/?pkgname=dbus-1
>> http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/repo/?pkgname=libdbus-1-3
>>
>> Now where do you see it the _packages_ depending on libx11-6? Is dbus
>> going to be the new python where everybody starts screaming about
>> requiring X at runtime, when it's only a buildtime dep to build an
>> *optional* subpackage like python-tk? Please stop with the FUD.
>
> dbus-1 recommends dbus-x11, dbus-x11 depends libx11-6 (and other X libs).
>
> So there you go, opkg install<anything-depending-on-dbus>  blows up your
> flash space by pulling in numerous X libs.  No FUD - very real concern.
>   (But if it's not a concern for Angstrom, then fine -- please ignore
> this issue; if I fix it, I'll make sure that it won't change for Angstrom.)

Angstrom actually does the right things:

packagees/angstrom/angstrom-x11-base-depends.bb:  dbus-x11 \

It will drag in dbus-x11 when people want an image with an xserver in it.

regards,

Koen