[oe] [RFC][PATCH v2] Alternative to busybox, using "proper tools"

[Martyn Welch]

This patch provides a mechanism to replace busybox by defining a busybox package which actually just requires a set of other packages.

    To get it to be used rather than the standard busybox, define:

    PREFERRED_PROVIDER_busybox = "busybox-alt"
---

 Marcin: Something like this you mean?

 recipes/busybox/busybox-alt_1.bb   |   17 ++++++++
 recipes/tasks/task-proper-tools.bb |   76 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/recipes/busybox/busybox-alt_1.bb b/recipes/busybox/busybox-alt_1.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..584cc46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/busybox/busybox-alt_1.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+DESCRIPTION = "Full versions of tools provided by busybox"
+
+ALLOW_EMPTY = "1"
+PACKAGES = "busybox"
+PACKAGE_ARCH = "all"
+
+PROVIDES = "busybox"
+DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "1"
+
+RDEPENDS = "\
+		task-proper-tools \
+"
+
+DEPENDS = "\
+		task-proper-tools \
+"
+
diff --git a/recipes/tasks/task-proper-tools.bb b/recipes/tasks/task-proper-tools.bb
index e693c10..bac6b5b 100644
--- a/recipes/tasks/task-proper-tools.bb
+++ b/recipes/tasks/task-proper-tools.bb
@@ -4,33 +4,107 @@ PR = "r11"
 inherit task
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "\
+		bash \
+		bc \
+		bind-utils \
+		binutils \
 		binutils-symlinks \
+		bzip2 \
+		console-tools \
 		coreutils \
 		cpio \
 		debianutils \
+		dhcp-client \
 		diffutils \
 		e2fsprogs \
+		e2fsprogs-fsck \
+		e2fsprogs-libs \
 		fbset \
 		findutils \
 		gawk \
 		grep \
 		gzip \
+		ifupdown-ubuntu \
+#		inetutils \
 		iproute2 \
 		iputils \
+		iputils-ping \
+		iputils-ping6 \
+		iputils-arping \
 		less \
+		minicom \
+		mktemp \
 		module-init-tools \
+		ncurses \
 		netcat \
 		net-tools \
 		patch \
 		procps \
 		psmisc \
+		openrdate \
+		realpath \
 		sed \
+		start-stop-daemon \
+		syslog-ng \
+		sysvinit \
 		tar \
+		tftp-hpa \
+		time \
 		tcptraceroute \
 		util-linux-ng \
+		unzip \
 		vim \
 		wget \
-        "
+"
+
+DEPENDS_${PN} = "\
+		bash \
+		bc \
+		bind \
+		binutils \
+		bzip2 \
+		console-tools \
+		coreutils \
+		cpio \
+		debianutils \
+		dhcp \
+		diffutils \
+		e2fsprogs \
+		fbset \
+		findutils \
+		gawk \
+		grep \
+		gzip \
+		ifupdown-ubuntu \
+#		inetutils \
+		iproute2 \
+		iputils \
+		less \
+		minicom \
+		mktemp \
+		module-init-tools \
+		ncurses \
+		netcat \
+		net-tools \
+		patch \
+		procps \
+		psmisc \
+		openrdate \
+		realpath \
+		sed \
+		start-stop-daemon \
+		syslog-ng \
+		sysvinit \
+		tar \
+		tftp-hpa \
+		time \
+		tcptraceroute \
+		util-linux-ng \
+		unzip \
+		vim \
+		wget \
+"
+
 #
 # binutils-symlinks provide ar in a way which conflict with busybox - #1465 for more info
 #


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