[oe] [meta-oe][PATCH] vboxguestdrivers: import recipe from meta-luneos

Florian Boor florian.boor at kernelconcepts.de
Mon Mar 2 10:55:54 UTC 2015


Hi,

On 02.03.2015 11:26, Martin Jansa wrote:
>> Please don't ever RDEPEND on kernel modules, even when the recipe will 
>> build them, it sets a bad precedent.

> I think it makes sense in this case.. nobody will ever include them in 
> kernel image and vboxguestdrivers utils don't make much sense without the 
> modules installed.

I see its unlikely but in some cases (e.g. highly secure environments) you do
not want to use modules at all. So unless there is a real need to depend on
the modules I would just recommend it.

Greetings

Florian

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