[oe] [PATCH] micro.conf: Pin an older udev to avoid space consuming dependencies.

[Graham Gower]

On 24 December 2010 14:24, Michael Smith <msmith at cbnco.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Dec 2010, Graham Gower wrote:
>
>> micro-uclibc/micro-image with udev 124 = 957207 bytes.
>> micro-uclibc/micro-image with udev 162 = 2303604 bytes.
>
> Could you be convinced to try udev 141? When I build it, its only
> runtime dependencies are glibc and libvolume-id.

I'll do some testing with 124. Until recently, udev 124 was the
highest version without D_P = -1, so it has had more testing with
distros that don't pin anything (in particular, with minimal).

>
>> +PREFERRED_VERSION_udev ?= "124"
>
> I'd suggest adding a comment above this setting, something like:
>
> # Pin an older udev to avoid space consuming dependencies.
>
> Otherwise the rationale doesn't show unless you do a git blame.

Sure.

>
> Mike
>
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