[oe] [meta-qt5][PATCH] layer.conf: define LAYERDEPENDS

Denys Dmytriyenko denis at denix.org
Thu Aug 27 14:20:08 UTC 2015


On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 06:30:13AM -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 5:46 AM, Otavio Salvador
> <otavio.salvador at ossystems.com.br> wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 9:02 PM, Khem Raj <raj.khem at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> qtwebkit needs ruby-native which comes from meta-ruby
> >> this patch adds initial set of layer dependencies there may be more
> >> that can be added but its a start
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem at gmail.com>
> >
> > This is only when someone uses QtWebkit; a lot of people does not use
> > it so it is not a real dependency.
> >
> 
> then it should be part of BBMASK which is default so if someone wants
> it then user gets a clear message and knows what to fix
> 
> > We could make it dependent on the collection availability?
> 
> yes that could be how do u propose to do so

Chris Larson shared this code for such purpose:

https://github.com/MentorEmbedded/meta-mentor/blob/master/meta-mel/conf/layer.conf#L5-L11

-- 
Denys



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