Re: [PATCH v2] TI tools - make EULA unpack work when /opt is writeable

[Stefan Schmidt <stefan@datenfreihafen.org>]

Hello.

On Sun, 2010-11-07 at 10:05, Koen Kooi wrote:
> 
> On 06-11-10 15:11, Stefan Schmidt wrote:
> > Hello.
> > 
> > On Sat, 2010-10-09 at 08:52, Gary Thomas wrote:
> >> On 08/28/2010 03:07 AM, Gary Thomas wrote:
> >>> This patch addresses the problem where the TI tools that need
> >>> the EULA unpack into the wrong place if the user has write
> >>> permission in /opt. The current behaviour of expecting the
> >>> unpacker to fall back to the $HOME environment variable should
> >>> not be relied on. The patch changes the unpack step to use
> >>> the --prefix= option which will always work.
> >>>
> >>> Version 2:
> >>> * Update patch to be against org.openembedded.dev branch
> >>> * Incorporate full description into patch
> >>
> >> What about this patch?  It's been nearly 6 weeks and no discussion
> >> or anything.
> >>
> >> The problem persists in today's tree.
> > 
> > Can we have a comment form the TI devs here?
> 
> I'm against automatic application of patches.

Interesting side note, but I was looking for a comment for the original issue.
Writeable /opt and the problem the TI recipes have with this.

regards
Stefan Schmidt