From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [66.111.4.29] (helo=out5.smtp.messagingengine.com) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HW6ho-0002f6-5P for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:07:00 +0200 Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 270D620D64A for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:07:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:07:00 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: RjudNB+pEarlb7wateW+qWvFCdDuVAp9B+9pLQpRnpIH 1174982819 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (secure.astc-design.com [203.122.250.137]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A53E1A09C for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:06:59 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4608D065.3060205@whitby.id.au> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:35:57 +0930 From: Rod Whitby User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Subject: Alternatives handling for cpio (cpio vs busybox) X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:07:00 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have a need for the *real* cpio to override the busybox cpio. This is normal practice in OE, and well understood. The problem, however, is that busybox puts cpio in /bin, whereas the cpio package puts cpio in /usr/bin. This makes it hard for update-alternatives to work. I propose to change the cpio package such that it installs cpio in /bin instead of /usr/bin, and then uses update-alternatives to select it ahead of busybox. Any objections? -- Rod