From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [130.89.2.9] (helo=smtp.utwente.nl) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IUdgD-0005CQ-Pf for openembedded-devel@openembedded.org; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:27:33 +0200 Received: from Powerbook-2.local (dominion.kabel.utwente.nl [130.89.193.158]) by smtp.utwente.nl (8.12.10/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id l8A7OWxP020490 for ; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:24:33 +0200 Message-ID: <46E4F12B.9080102@student.utwente.nl> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:24:27 +0200 From: Koen Kooi User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Macintosh/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions References: <46E4E5DB.7050501@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <46E4E5DB.7050501@gmx.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.3 X-UTwente-MailScanner-Information: Scanned by MailScanner. Contact helpdesk@ITBE.utwente.nl for more information. X-UTwente-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-UTwente-MailScanner-SpamScore: s X-UTwente-MailScanner-From: k.kooi@student.utwente.nl X-Spam-Status: No Subject: Re: 3rd party feeds 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: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:27:34 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Robert Schuster schreef: > Hi, > suppose I am a 3rd party which develops and maintains packages for a > distribution (e.g. angstrom). > > how can I provide those packages (say foo) and their dependendencies > (minus the ones that are already provided by angstrom itself) via a feed. You ping the angstrom maintainers and they will build that package and put it in the angstrom feeds. Angstrom *highly* discourages people to add random feeds from the internet. regards, Koen > To better explain what I mean here is an example. Suppose package foo is > not part of the Angstrom distribution nor is it in its feeds. foo has a > dependency on gtk+ (= part of Angstrom) and libbaz (= not part of Angstrom). > > I want to built foo and the feed containing it with a single command: > > bitbake angstrom-plus-feed > > When it finishes I want to have a complete ipk feed which I can copy > onto a server. It should contain foo, libbaz and not gtk+. Users should > then add the URL for that feed into their machines and be able to > install "foo" along with the dependencies. foo and libbaz will be > fetched from my feed, gtk+ should be fetched from angstrom feed. > > It is clear that I have to built all the angstrom packages on the build > machine and possibly won't be able to suppress the do_package phase but > that is not a problem. > > Has OE support for such an approach? If not would you be interested in > patches allowing it? > > So far I have "emulated" this by using a special PACKAGE_ARCH but that > is not really a solution. > > Regards > Robert > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Openembedded-devel mailing list > Openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org > http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-devel -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iD8DBQFG5PErMkyGM64RGpERApTjAKCAz9Q3CNNF82oKIxIIXjobT3llNwCff8ts yerGF07VYo4p6TpuO9dwBpA= =6235 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----