Re: custom debian package names and fully customized package names

[Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>]

On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 12:52 +0200, Paul Sokolovsky wrote:
> Wednesday, January 2, 2008, 3:04:12 PM, you wrote:
> > I have found a simple solution for allowing one to customize the Debian
> > package names:
> 
> > http://bugs.openembedded.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3383
> 
> > Please have a look at it and tell me whether you want it like this.
> 
> > This patch is primarily meant to make custom python code to fix wrong
> > guessing of the Debian renamer unnecessary.

Something like the above is ok with me.

> > I have another patch that allows fully customized package names. This
> > efforts may be useless from a distro building POV but is IMHO vital for
> > all those who want to use OE to build packages for a non-OE distro.
> 
> > http://bugs.openembedded.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3590
> 
> > Comments on both enhancements are welcomed!
> 
>   Ideas look good for me. Wouldn't solution from #3590 supercede one
> from #3383? (If the tasks were given appropriate order.)

I don't think this is needed, you can do this with overrides already.
I've commented on the bug accordingly.

Cheers,

Richard