Re: [PATCH] rootfs_ipk.bbclass: fix BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS

[Denys Dmytriyenko <denis@denix.org>]

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 09:59:26PM +0000, Phil Blundell wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-02-25 at 08:18 +1030, Graham Gower wrote:
> > This is an unintended side effect of other changes, however I'm not
> > sure that I consider it inappropriate behaviour. That status does
> > apply to a particular package version, does it not?
> 
> No, the SW_xx flags should apply to any version and architecture rather
> than being nailed down to a specific tuple.  Otherwise, these flags
> would be subverted as soon as a new version appears in the feed.

The thing is, those SW_xx flags are not preserved anyway - the status file is 
primed with BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS (Status: deinstall), but later gets 
overwritten by the list of only installed packages. Of course, "deinstall" 
packages are being skipped, but they are not preserved in the status file for 
later use...

But, on the other hand, if there are multiple versions of the package present 
in the deploy/feed, then it will, probably, deinstall one version and install 
another one, which is not the correct behavior.

-- 
Denys