[oe] [PATCH 01/12] libnl: rename libnl2 to libnl as used in openembedded-core

[Khem Raj]

On (23/03/11 12:41), Koen Kooi wrote:
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> On 23-03-11 12:24, Martin Jansa wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:47:55AM +0100, Stefan Schmidt wrote:
> >> Hello.
> >>
> >> On Fri, 2011-03-18 at 15:00, Martin Jansa wrote:
> >>> * libnl1/libnl2 still conflicts even when using separate includedir so
> >>>   it will be easier for distro maintainers to use only libnl1 or libnl2
> >>>   by PREFERRED_VERSION
> >>
> >> For distros that want to support network-manager that still means that
> >> both versions are being build and may clash as we have seen before.
> > 
> > How do you build 2 versions of same package? Whole point of this patch
> > series is to force distromaintainers to use only libnl_2.0.0 or
> > libnl_1.1.0 based on PREFERRED_VERSION_libnl and this way keep them away
> > from shooting own foot by accident.
> 
> I don't think that's an acceptable solution just yet since angstrom
> needs both iw and nm. I think the best way forward is:
> 
> 1) configure libnl1 to only build a .a
> 2) rename that .a to libnl-old.a before installing it
> 3) patch nm to use -l:libnl-old.a


if its only one package that needs libnl1 supposedly then I would
suggest to add this to said package's build system if possible
but if there are more than one packages that we care, that need it
then having a static archive would be ok approach.

> 
> or
> 
> 1) configure libnl1 to only build a .a
> 2) move that .a to ${libdir}/libnl1/
> 3) patch nm to use -L${STAGING_LIBDIR}/libnl1 -l:libnl.a
> 
> A lot like
> http://cgit.openembedded.org/cgit.cgi/openembedded/commit/?id=71e69ad8b551aa06f63160232d1bd87b8d801a1d
> but a bit cleaner.
> 
> >> Just a remark. Personally I would like to go this route and maybe get
> >> rid of libnl1 at all.
> > 
> > Yes this is step in direction to get rid of libnl1 :). I'm using
> > libnl_2.0.0 from oe-core in meta-shr, so this change is making diff
> > between recipes in oe.dev and meta-shr smaller.
> 
> regards,
> 
> Koen
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-Khem