[oe] [meta-systemd][PATCH V2 1/7] systemd: Upgrade to 187

[Khem Raj]

On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 4:53 AM, Philip Balister <philip at balister.org> wrote:
> Can someone provide a clear explanation of exactly what the gitpkgv class
> does and why it is needed? Furthermore, does oe-core provide something that
> could be used? It is clear that ther eis a desire for something like this in
> two layers, and that makes it a candidate for oe-core.

well oe-core does not have this functionality and it works in most
cases and 'most cases' is a problem
to get it accepted in oe-core. Its a good feature where it provides a
good incremental version from the maze of
git SHA ids. That part is good however there is another variable it
provides which is GITPKGVTAG
that relies on the tags to be incrementally sortable which is broken
since tags are arbitrary
and systemd uses GITPKGVTAG

I think I can defend GITPKGV but GITPKGVTAG will have unanswered
questions. ideally bitbake fetcher
should provide this functionality

>
> Symlinking stuff across layers is just wrong. The underlying issue has to be
> resolved.

I am in agreement. here its deemed to be a short term solution so lets
live with it