Re: [PATCH] util-linux-ng: Do not provide libblkid.

[Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>]

On (17/07/09 09:26), Koen Kooi wrote:
> On 16-07-09 23:31, Khem Raj wrote:
>> 	Currently we let utils-linux-ng provide
>> 	libblkid package which then ends up being
>> 	provided twice once from e2fsprogs-libs and
>> 	once from util-linux-ng. Future versions might
>> 	move libblkid and libuuid to utils-linux-ng
>> 	till then we will use e2fsprogs-libs provided one
>> 	on the system
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Khem Raj<raj.khem@gmail.com>
>
> NAK!!!! We need the new blkid for udev and friends, so you'll break  
> angstrom with this changes. The right way is to kill the e2fsprogs one.
>

I thought of doing this switch once util-linux-ng 2.16 is released(15th july it was) then
this library would come from util-linux-ng for older ones let it 
come from e2fsprogs-libs. It seems udev angstrom is using is quite latest. Anyway current
util-linux-ng recipes are broken too because they ask for this
library to be provided for all versions but it only appeared in
2.15 for first time.

so I think we wont be able to use any combination of util-linux-ng
and e2fsprogs-libs.

if a distro is using util-linux-ng older than 2.15 (nothing found in conf/ ) then it has to
get this library from e2fsprogs-libs. It there a way to say that in recipes or bitbake magic ?

If this looks viable that all distros use latest util-linux-ng 
then we can stop providing it from e2fsprogs-libs,
if someone wanted to use utils-linux-ng < 2.15 then he gets no libblkid

opinions ?

Thx

-Khem