[oe] [meta-erlang] generate-manifest update and packaging fixes pull request

[João Henrique Freitas]

Hi Maciej,

Merged.

Thanks.

On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 5:35 AM, Maciej Borzecki <maciej.borzecki at open-rnd.pl
> wrote:

> Hi João,
>
> Did you get a chance to look at the patches? I can open a pull
> request on github if that's more convenient for you.
>
> On 02/25 20:56, Maciej Borzecki wrote:
> > The series contains a number of patches for the `generate-manifest` tool
> as
> > well as fixes for packaging of Erlang modules.
> >
> > The first patch addresses the problem of maintaining multiple versions
> > of `generate-manifest` tool, one for each Erlang version. This is not
> > effective in the long run. The tool has been updated to support multiple
> > Erlang versions. We exploit the fact that Erlang modules have a
> > predictable directory layout. There is very little change between
> > consecutive Erlang versions with respect to module organization. This
> > allowed for reducing much of the duplication into a smaller, more
> > maintainable code. The script can generate manifest for Erlang 18.2.3
> > and 18.1.5 (version currently supported in the tree). Particular version
> > is selected by passing --erlang-version <version> as a command line.
> > Along with the changes described above, the script has been pylinted.
> > The generated manifest contain slightly more packages, as by default a
> > *-doc package is added for each module. The script output is largely
> > identical to what the original code produced.
> >
> > The second patch tightens package file selection. We make sure that *-dev
> > packages ship `src` as well as `c_src`, `java_src` and other variants,
> > should they exist. The *-doc packages should ship manpages and other
> > documentation files.
> >
> > The third patch fixes the problem of files being shipped in incorrect
> > packages. The commit message is rather long, so for brevity, I will not
> > repeat it here. TL;DR is that the way the packages are populated and how
> > the manifest gets generated results in for instance dialyzer script
> > being shipped in erlang-erts package. The fix addresses this problem by
> > preserving the order in which modules are defined. Since we're using
> > Erlang in an embedded system, we're rather picky about the modules and
> > install only the ones that are needed for particular application. By
> > shipping incorrect files in packages, we either need to install
> > unnecessary packages, or install too many files, thus wasting space.
> >
> > The last patch is a regenerated manifest files for Erlang 18.1.5 and
> > 18.2.3. The diff is large (~200kB), that's why I've put everything into
> > a pull request.
> >
> >
> > The following changes since commit
> 8878361e26aee0624385a4ef1ede44cdacd8108a:
> >
> >   erlang: add 18.2.3 (2016-02-07 16:08:55 -0200)
> >
> > are available in the git repository at:
> >
> >   https://github.com/open-rnd/meta-erlang.git
> >
> > for you to fetch changes up to c9ee91fed2e5241fc3d506cb0fde971b153f8909:
> >
> >   erlang-xxx-manifest: regenerate manifest files (2016-02-25 20:27:55
> +0100)
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Maciej Borzecki (4):
> >       generate-manifest: replace multiple scripts with one
> >       generate-manifest: tighten file selection rules
> >       generate-manifest: preserve the package order
> >       erlang-xxx-manifest: regenerate manifest files
> >
> >  recipes-devtools/erlang/erlang-18.1.5-manifest.inc | 2058
> +++++++++++---------
> >  recipes-devtools/erlang/erlang-18.2.3-manifest.inc | 2058
> +++++++++++---------
> >  scripts/contrib/erlang/generate-manifest           |  394 ++++
> >  scripts/contrib/erlang/generate-manifest-18.1.py   |  460 -----
> >  scripts/contrib/erlang/generate-manifest-18.2.1.py |  460 -----
> >  5 files changed, 2712 insertions(+), 2718 deletions(-)
> >  create mode 100755 scripts/contrib/erlang/generate-manifest
> >  delete mode 100755 scripts/contrib/erlang/generate-manifest-18.1.py
> >  delete mode 100755 scripts/contrib/erlang/generate-manifest-18.2.1.py
> >
> > --
> > Maciej Borzęcki
> > Senior Software Engineer at Open-RnD Sp. z o.o.
> > www.open-rnd.pl
>
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