PR server doesn't always work?

PR server doesn't always work?

[Gary Thomas]

I'm using a local PR server and for the most part, it works great!
No more messing about with PR and PRINC and ...

However, I have a situation where it doesn't do what I expect.
Here's my scenario:
  * Build some package X
  * Rebuild package database (bitbake package-index)
  * Update package database on target
  * Install package X on target
  * Update the RRECOMMENDS_${PN} in the recipe and rebuild.
    I can see that the package is updated - everything from
    do_package onwards is updated.
  * Rebuild package database (bitbake package-index)
  * Update package database on target
  * Try to install/update package X.  I'm told that it is up
    to date.

I can see that the package _was_ updated on the build host even
if the PR value was not changed because if I remove package X
and reinstall it, the new RRECOMMENDS_${PN} packages are also
being installed.

Am I missing something?  Shouldn't this work and the PR value
be bumped by the PR server, even if all that happened was the
list of recommendations was changed?

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Gary Thomas                 |  Consulting for the
MLB Associates              |    Embedded world
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Re: PR server doesn't always work?

[Laurentiu Palcu]

Hi Gary,

Sorry for the late reply. It could be possible that the packages index
files are not re-generated when you run 'bitbake package-index'.
Depending on the PM you use, can you please try to remove the index
files in all the directories in tmp/deploy/(ipk|deb|rpm)? So, before
"Rebuild package database (bitbake package-index)" step, remove the
index files.

Does it work after that?

laurentiu

On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 09:47:34AM -0600, Gary Thomas wrote:
> I'm using a local PR server and for the most part, it works great!
> No more messing about with PR and PRINC and ...
> 
> However, I have a situation where it doesn't do what I expect.
> Here's my scenario:
>   * Build some package X
>   * Rebuild package database (bitbake package-index)
>   * Update package database on target
>   * Install package X on target
>   * Update the RRECOMMENDS_${PN} in the recipe and rebuild.
>     I can see that the package is updated - everything from
>     do_package onwards is updated.
>   * Rebuild package database (bitbake package-index)
>   * Update package database on target
>   * Try to install/update package X.  I'm told that it is up
>     to date.
> 
> I can see that the package _was_ updated on the build host even
> if the PR value was not changed because if I remove package X
> and reinstall it, the new RRECOMMENDS_${PN} packages are also
> being installed.
> 
> Am I missing something?  Shouldn't this work and the PR value
> be bumped by the PR server, even if all that happened was the
> list of recommendations was changed?
> 
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> Gary Thomas                 |  Consulting for the
> MLB Associates              |    Embedded world
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