[oe] [meta-java][PATCH] jikes: fix absolute symlink error

[Maxin B. John]

Hi Dan,

On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 10:42:43AM -0600, Dan McGregor wrote:
> On 13 March 2017 at 03:22, Maxin B. John <maxin.john at intel.com> wrote:
> > The following oe-core commit made asbolute symlink an error:
> >
> > commit 3eee8e99e114b3db8b718834ca52da8d2919b83f
> > sstate: Make absolute symlinks an error
> >
> > Fix this by inheritting relative_symlinks class:
> > ERROR: jikes-native-1.22-r0 do_populate_sysroot: sstate found an
> > absolute path symlink
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Maxin B. John <maxin.john at intel.com>
> > ---
> >  recipes-core/jikes/jikes_1.22.bb | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/recipes-core/jikes/jikes_1.22.bb b/recipes-core/jikes/jikes_1.22.bb
> > index 0c33118..a35cfcf 100644
> > --- a/recipes-core/jikes/jikes_1.22.bb
> > +++ b/recipes-core/jikes/jikes_1.22.bb
> > @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = " \
> >                     "
> >  SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/jikes/jikes-${PV}.tar.bz2"
> >
> > -inherit autotools update-alternatives
> > +inherit autotools update-alternatives relative_symlinks
> >
> >  BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
> >
> > --
> > 2.4.0
> >
> 
> This change makes the layer depend on master, not krogoth or master
> like the README says. Should we add the relative_symlinks
> functionality locally, or update the README?

You are right. This functionality depends on the master branch. It also
reminds me that meta-java has been particularly bad in keeping up with 
branching of oe-core releases.

I have been testing some patches to remove "meta-oe" dependency for
"meta-java" layer (PACKAGECONFIG way). Will update README along that
patchset. Hope that is ok.

Best Regards,
Maxin