[oe] [PATCH] package_ipk: allow to specify OPKG_ARGS in local.conf

[Vladimir Zapolskiy]

I think this is a wrong list, resent the change for review to
openembedded-core.

With best wishes,
Vladimir

On 02.12.2015 06:41, Vladimir Zapolskiy wrote:
> If user specific parameters to opkg are set in local.conf, they are
> rewritten in package_ipk.bbclass and ignored, instead append
> package_ipk specific arguments to the user defined ones.
> 
> The change is needed, if a user has to pass an alternative path to a
> temporary directory for opkg, e.g.
> 
>   OPKG_ARGS = "--tmp-dir=${TOPDIR}/tmp-opkg"
> 
> The default /tmp directory may be unusable for do_rootfs task, for
> example if there is no enough space or /tmp is mounted with noexec
> mount option, then an alternative path allows to complete do_rootfs
> and fix the problems like this:
> 
>   ERROR: Unable to install packages.
>   ...
>   sh: /tmp/opkg-5jPLag/run-postinsts-UsUtaI/preinst: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied
>   sh: /tmp/opkg-5jPLag/base-files-4hFwQS/preinst: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied
>   sh: /tmp/opkg-5jPLag/run-postinsts-UsUtaI/preinst: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied
>   sh: /tmp/opkg-5jPLag/busybox-syslog-sJmfbw/preinst: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied
>   ...
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Zapolskiy <vz at mleia.com>
> ---
>  meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass b/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
> index 4dd7a7e..51bee28 100644
> --- a/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
> +++ b/meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass
> @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKGWRITEDIRIPK = "${WORKDIR}/deploy-ipks"
>  # Program to be used to build opkg packages
>  OPKGBUILDCMD ??= "opkg-build"
>  
> -OPKG_ARGS = "--force_postinstall --prefer-arch-to-version"
> +OPKG_ARGS += "--force_postinstall --prefer-arch-to-version"
>  OPKG_ARGS += "${@['', '--no-install-recommends'][d.getVar("NO_RECOMMENDATIONS", True) == "1"]}"
>  OPKG_ARGS += "${@['', '--add-exclude ' + ' --add-exclude '.join((d.getVar('PACKAGE_EXCLUDE', True) or "").split())][(d.getVar("PACKAGE_EXCLUDE", True) or "") != ""]}"
>  
>