[PATCH 0/2] Add alternatives for lastb

[PATCH 0/2] Add alternatives for lastb

[Bryan Evenson]

Both sysvinit and util-linux create lastb as a softlink to last.  However,
neither package references lastb in their alternatives list.  As a result,
package managers may not upgrade either package unless they are specifically
told to upgrade anyway.

Add lastb to the alternatives list for both sysvinit and util-linux so
package managers will upgrade both packages without conflict.

Bryan Evenson (2):
  sysvinit: Add lastb to alternatives
  util-linux: Add lastb to alternatives

 meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit_2.88dsf.bb | 2 +-
 meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc    | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

-- 
2.1.0

[PATCH 1/2] sysvinit: Add lastb to alternatives

[Bryan Evenson]

SysVinit creates lastb as a symlink to last during the build.
Just as other applications may provide last, other applications
may provide lastb.

Add alternatives designations for lastb to avoid installation
conflicts with other applications.

Signed-off-by: Bryan Evenson <bevenson@melinkcorp.com>
---
 meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit_2.88dsf.bb | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit_2.88dsf.bb b/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit_2.88dsf.bb
index 00d3333..2c7e3ce 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit_2.88dsf.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit_2.88dsf.bb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ B = "${S}/src"
 inherit update-alternatives
 DEPENDS_append = " update-rc.d-native base-passwd"
 
-ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "init mountpoint halt reboot runlevel shutdown poweroff last mesg utmpdump wall"
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "init mountpoint halt reboot runlevel shutdown poweroff last lastb mesg utmpdump wall"
 
 ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "200"
 
-- 
2.1.0

[PATCH 2/2] util-linux: Add lastb to alternatives

[Bryan Evenson]

util-linux creates lastb as a symlink to last during the build.
Just as other applications may provide last, other applications
may provide lastb.

Add alternatives designations for lastb to avoid installation
conflicts with other applications.

Signed-off-by: Bryan Evenson <bevenson@melinkcorp.com>
---
 meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc b/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc
index 2c299e8..78cff02 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ inherit update-alternatives
 ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"
 
 ALTERNATIVE_${PN}  = "dmesg kill more mkswap blockdev pivot_root switch_root"
-ALTERNATIVE_${PN} += "mkfs.minix hexdump last logger mesg renice wall"
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN} += "mkfs.minix hexdump last lastb logger mesg renice wall"
 ALTERNATIVE_${PN} += "setsid chrt flock utmpdump eject getopt sulogin"
 
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[dmesg] = "${base_bindir}/dmesg"
-- 
2.1.0

Re: [PATCH 2/2] util-linux: Add lastb to alternatives

[Richard Purdie]

On Mon, 2015-04-20 at 11:07 -0400, Bryan Evenson wrote:
> util-linux creates lastb as a symlink to last during the build.
> Just as other applications may provide last, other applications
> may provide lastb.
> 
> Add alternatives designations for lastb to avoid installation
> conflicts with other applications.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bryan Evenson <bevenson@melinkcorp.com>
> ---
>  meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Doesn't appear to apply against master?

Cheers,

Richard

Re: [PATCH 2/2] util-linux: Add lastb to alternatives

[Bryan Evenson]

Richard,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Purdie [mailto:richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org]
> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 11:12 AM
> To: Bryan Evenson
> Cc: Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
> Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH 2/2] util-linux: Add lastb to alternatives
> 
> On Mon, 2015-04-20 at 11:07 -0400, Bryan Evenson wrote:
> > util-linux creates lastb as a symlink to last during the build.
> > Just as other applications may provide last, other applications may
> > provide lastb.
> >
> > Add alternatives designations for lastb to avoid installation
> > conflicts with other applications.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Bryan Evenson <bevenson@melinkcorp.com>
> > ---
> >  meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> Doesn't appear to apply against master?
> 

Sorry, there a few recent commits to util-linux on master that I had missed.

One of the commits is doing something similar for lastb, but only for the man page and not for the executable.  I'll check with those involved with the last few util-linux commits to see if they already have a commit in the works that includes the same changes as mine.

Regards,
Bryan

> Cheers,
> 
> Richard