[oe] [oe-commits] Joshua Lock : packaged-staging: post-process non-binary files to fix paths packages

[Tom Rini]

On Thu, 2010-04-01 at 19:12 +0100, Richard Purdie wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-04-01 at 09:55 -0700, Tom Rini wrote:
> > On Thu, 2010-04-01 at 17:34 +0100, Richard Purdie wrote:
> > > > There's a lot more than just .la files that get these paths wrong.  If
> > > > you use the scan_cmd you set on native/etc for everything you can fix
> > > > them all up.
> > > 
> > > It scans everything for -native packages and just .la files for target
> > > packages. I'd argue that for target packages we're better off fixing the
> > > problems at source since the real target packages are probably also
> > > bust?
> > 
> > Ah, hmm.  It's possibly just the .la files on the target (which some of
> > us would like to see die and I can't argue against), I hadn't really
> > bothered to differentiate (and I don't think it's a noticeable time
> > diff).  Less logic also brings it closer to working for relocation of
> > everything.
> 
> But at the cost our target packages are most likely buggy. We accept
> the .la files are a problem and there is a solution (libtool sysroot
> support) but we're not there yet.
> 
> I'd like to see the other problems addressed, not brushed under the
> carpet so to speak.
> 
> You can trivially make this work on all files in your
> local.conf/distro.conf anyway. I'd not like to see that the default.

My worry is that we're missing something important.  What level of
relocation torture have you put this through?  I'm thinking on if I can
merge what you've got into my version easily enough to give it a workout
over the weekend.

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Tom Rini <tom_rini at mentor.com>
Mentor Graphics Corporation