* [RFC][PATCH v2] Alternative to busybox, using "proper tools"
@ 2010-03-22 16:08 Martyn Welch
2010-03-22 16:33 ` Marcin Juszkiewicz
2011-04-16 15:13 ` [oe,RFC,v2] " Ben Gamari
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Martyn Welch @ 2010-03-22 16:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: openembedded-devel
This patch provides a mechanism to replace busybox by defining a busybox package which actually just requires a set of other packages.
To get it to be used rather than the standard busybox, define:
PREFERRED_PROVIDER_busybox = "busybox-alt"
---
Marcin: Something like this you mean?
recipes/busybox/busybox-alt_1.bb | 17 ++++++++
recipes/tasks/task-proper-tools.bb | 76 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/recipes/busybox/busybox-alt_1.bb b/recipes/busybox/busybox-alt_1.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..584cc46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/busybox/busybox-alt_1.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+DESCRIPTION = "Full versions of tools provided by busybox"
+
+ALLOW_EMPTY = "1"
+PACKAGES = "busybox"
+PACKAGE_ARCH = "all"
+
+PROVIDES = "busybox"
+DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "1"
+
+RDEPENDS = "\
+ task-proper-tools \
+"
+
+DEPENDS = "\
+ task-proper-tools \
+"
+
diff --git a/recipes/tasks/task-proper-tools.bb b/recipes/tasks/task-proper-tools.bb
index e693c10..bac6b5b 100644
--- a/recipes/tasks/task-proper-tools.bb
+++ b/recipes/tasks/task-proper-tools.bb
@@ -4,33 +4,107 @@ PR = "r11"
inherit task
RDEPENDS_${PN} = "\
+ bash \
+ bc \
+ bind-utils \
+ binutils \
binutils-symlinks \
+ bzip2 \
+ console-tools \
coreutils \
cpio \
debianutils \
+ dhcp-client \
diffutils \
e2fsprogs \
+ e2fsprogs-fsck \
+ e2fsprogs-libs \
fbset \
findutils \
gawk \
grep \
gzip \
+ ifupdown-ubuntu \
+# inetutils \
iproute2 \
iputils \
+ iputils-ping \
+ iputils-ping6 \
+ iputils-arping \
less \
+ minicom \
+ mktemp \
module-init-tools \
+ ncurses \
netcat \
net-tools \
patch \
procps \
psmisc \
+ openrdate \
+ realpath \
sed \
+ start-stop-daemon \
+ syslog-ng \
+ sysvinit \
tar \
+ tftp-hpa \
+ time \
tcptraceroute \
util-linux-ng \
+ unzip \
vim \
wget \
- "
+"
+
+DEPENDS_${PN} = "\
+ bash \
+ bc \
+ bind \
+ binutils \
+ bzip2 \
+ console-tools \
+ coreutils \
+ cpio \
+ debianutils \
+ dhcp \
+ diffutils \
+ e2fsprogs \
+ fbset \
+ findutils \
+ gawk \
+ grep \
+ gzip \
+ ifupdown-ubuntu \
+# inetutils \
+ iproute2 \
+ iputils \
+ less \
+ minicom \
+ mktemp \
+ module-init-tools \
+ ncurses \
+ netcat \
+ net-tools \
+ patch \
+ procps \
+ psmisc \
+ openrdate \
+ realpath \
+ sed \
+ start-stop-daemon \
+ syslog-ng \
+ sysvinit \
+ tar \
+ tftp-hpa \
+ time \
+ tcptraceroute \
+ util-linux-ng \
+ unzip \
+ vim \
+ wget \
+"
+
#
# binutils-symlinks provide ar in a way which conflict with busybox - #1465 for more info
#
--
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^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread* Re: [RFC][PATCH v2] Alternative to busybox, using "proper tools"
2010-03-22 16:08 [RFC][PATCH v2] Alternative to busybox, using "proper tools" Martyn Welch
@ 2010-03-22 16:33 ` Marcin Juszkiewicz
2010-03-23 10:32 ` Martyn Welch
2011-04-16 15:13 ` [oe,RFC,v2] " Ben Gamari
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Marcin Juszkiewicz @ 2010-03-22 16:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: openembedded-devel
Dnia poniedziałek, 22 marca 2010 o 17:08:20 Martyn Welch napisał(a):
> This patch provides a mechanism to replace busybox by defining a busybox
> package which actually just requires a set of other packages.
>
> To get it to be used rather than the standard busybox, define:
>
> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_busybox = "busybox-alt"
> ---
>
> Marcin: Something like this you mean?
Yes, few notes:
> diff --git a/recipes/busybox/busybox-alt_1.bb
> b/recipes/busybox/busybox-alt_1.bb new file mode 100644
busybox-alt.bb is fine too - PV will be 1.0 then
> +++ b/recipes/busybox/busybox-alt_1.bb
> +ALLOW_EMPTY = "1"
> +PACKAGES = "busybox"
> +PACKAGE_ARCH = "all"
> +
> +PROVIDES = "busybox"
> +DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "1"
"-1" is more proper - we do not want people to get busybox-alt instead of
busybox by mistake.
RDEPENDS = "task-proper-tools"
One line looks better. DEPENDS are not needed.
> +++ b/recipes/tasks/task-proper-tools.bb
> @@ -4,33 +4,107 @@ PR = "r11"
Bump PR.
> RDEPENDS_${PN} = "\
> + bash \
> + bc \
> + bind-utils \
> + binutils \
Not needed - 'binutils-symlinks' depends on it.
> + bzip2 \
> + console-tools \
> + dhcp-client \
I added 'pump' - but thats minor.
> + e2fsprogs-fsck \
In .dev this is in util-linux-ng now.
> + e2fsprogs-libs \
What for this is?
> + ifupdown-ubuntu \
Can we rename it to 'ifupdown'?
> + iputils-ping \
> + iputils-ping6 \
> + iputils-arping \
> + minicom \
Maybe 'picocom' would be nice too.
> + mktemp \
> + ncurses \
I added "ncurses-tools" - gives few utils more.
> + openrdate \
> + realpath \
> + start-stop-daemon \
Nice - I added 'dpkg' instead but it was overkill.
> + syslog-ng \
> + sysvinit \
> + tftp-hpa \
> + time \
I added 'shadow' to the list.
> +DEPENDS_${PN} = "\
DEPENDS are not needed.
Regards,
--
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^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread* Re: [RFC][PATCH v2] Alternative to busybox, using "proper tools"
2010-03-22 16:33 ` Marcin Juszkiewicz
@ 2010-03-23 10:32 ` Martyn Welch
2010-11-06 14:00 ` Stefan Schmidt
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Martyn Welch @ 2010-03-23 10:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: openembedded-devel
Marcin Juszkiewicz wrote:
> Dnia poniedziałek, 22 marca 2010 o 17:08:20 Martyn Welch napisał(a):
>
>
>> This patch provides a mechanism to replace busybox by defining a busybox
>> package which actually just requires a set of other packages.
>>
>> To get it to be used rather than the standard busybox, define:
>>
>> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_busybox = "busybox-alt"
>> ---
>>
>> Marcin: Something like this you mean?
>>
>
> Yes, few notes:
>
>
No prob.
>> diff --git a/recipes/busybox/busybox-alt_1.bb
>> b/recipes/busybox/busybox-alt_1.bb new file mode 100644
>>
>
> busybox-alt.bb is fine too - PV will be 1.0 then
>
>
>> +++ b/recipes/busybox/busybox-alt_1.bb
>>
>
>
>> +ALLOW_EMPTY = "1"
>> +PACKAGES = "busybox"
>> +PACKAGE_ARCH = "all"
>> +
>> +PROVIDES = "busybox"
>> +DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "1"
>>
>
> "-1" is more proper - we do not want people to get busybox-alt instead of
> busybox by mistake.
>
>
Agreed - definitely left over from prototyping.
> RDEPENDS = "task-proper-tools"
>
> One line looks better. DEPENDS are not needed.
>
>
Ok.
I understand that RDEPENDS are runtime dependancies. Am I right to
surmise that DEPENDS are configure/compile/packaging time dependences?
>> +++ b/recipes/tasks/task-proper-tools.bb
>> @@ -4,33 +4,107 @@ PR = "r11"
>>
>
> Bump PR.
>
>
>> RDEPENDS_${PN} = "\
>> + bash \
>> + bc \
>> + bind-utils \
>>
>
>
>> + binutils \
>>
>
> Not needed - 'binutils-symlinks' depends on it.
>
>
Ok.
>> + bzip2 \
>> + console-tools \
>>
>
>
>> + dhcp-client \
>>
>
> I added 'pump' - but thats minor.
>
>
As long as it works, I'm not fussed either way.
>> + e2fsprogs-fsck \
>>
>
> In .dev this is in util-linux-ng now.
>
So I assume I can remove e2fsprogs from this list?
>
>> + e2fsprogs-libs \
>>
>
> What for this is?
>
>
Shared libraries for e2fsprogs. I'll remove this, I assume this is
either automatically added or not needed.
>> + ifupdown-ubuntu \
>>
>
> Can we rename it to 'ifupdown'?
>
>
We added a recipe to our overlay which used the Ubuntu version of
ifupdown rather than using the Debian version already in OE. I'm afraid
I didn't create the original recipe for our overlay (one of my
colleagues did), my understanding is as follows:
The ifupdown tool does not have an active upstream maintainer, as a
result (at least Debian and Ubuntu) have differently patched copies of
version 0.6.8. The functionality provided by the Ubuntu version provided
a better drop in replacement for the required functionality than the
Debian version and hence we have used this one. As the version numbers
were the same, I created a "ifupdown-ubuntu" recipe for this package. To
ensure it was used here instead of the Debian version, I put
"ifupdown-ubuntu" in the RDEPENDS. Whilst we were prototyping this we
had a "PREFERRED_PROVIDER_ifupdown" entry in our local.conf to force
it's use.
If you think this is unwarranted, we can try using the Debian version
instead.
>> + iputils-ping \
>> + iputils-ping6 \
>> + iputils-arping \
>>
>
>
>
>> + minicom \
>>
>
> Maybe 'picocom' would be nice too.
>
>
Never heard of it - up to you.
>> + mktemp \
>>
>
>
>> + ncurses \
>>
>
> I added "ncurses-tools" - gives few utils more.
>
>
Ok.
>> + openrdate \
>> + realpath \
>>
>
>
>
>> + start-stop-daemon \
>>
>
> Nice - I added 'dpkg' instead but it was overkill.
>
>
>> + syslog-ng \
>> + sysvinit \
>> + tftp-hpa \
>> + time \
>>
>
> I added 'shadow' to the list.
>
>
>
>> +DEPENDS_${PN} = "\
>>
>
> DEPENDS are not needed.
>
Martyn
--
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^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread* Re: [RFC][PATCH v2] Alternative to busybox, using "proper tools"
2010-03-23 10:32 ` Martyn Welch
@ 2010-11-06 14:00 ` Stefan Schmidt
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Schmidt @ 2010-11-06 14:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: openembedded-devel
Hello.
On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 10:32, Martyn Welch wrote:
> Marcin Juszkiewicz wrote:
> > Dnia poniedziałek, 22 marca 2010 o 17:08:20 Martyn Welch napisał(a):
> >
> >
> >> This patch provides a mechanism to replace busybox by defining a busybox
> >> package which actually just requires a set of other packages.
> >>
> >> To get it to be used rather than the standard busybox, define:
> >>
> >> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_busybox = "busybox-alt"
> >> ---
> >>
> >> Marcin: Something like this you mean?
> >>
> >
> > Yes, few notes:
> >
> >
>
> No prob.
Martyn, did you sent out a newer version of this patch with the changes
integrated you acknowledged here? I can't find it in the repo only this outdated
version in patchwork.
regards
Stefan Schmidt
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* [oe,RFC,v2] Alternative to busybox, using "proper tools"
2010-03-22 16:08 [RFC][PATCH v2] Alternative to busybox, using "proper tools" Martyn Welch
2010-03-22 16:33 ` Marcin Juszkiewicz
@ 2011-04-16 15:13 ` Ben Gamari
2011-04-18 12:31 ` Martyn Welch
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Ben Gamari @ 2011-04-16 15:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: openembedded-devel
Did anything ever happen with this[1] patch? If not, is there another
convenient way to use the proper tools in leiu of busybox? For larger
machines it's very nice to have a more civilized environment. Thanks,
- Ben
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [oe,RFC,v2] Alternative to busybox, using "proper tools"
2011-04-16 15:13 ` [oe,RFC,v2] " Ben Gamari
@ 2011-04-18 12:31 ` Martyn Welch
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Martyn Welch @ 2011-04-18 12:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: openembedded-devel
On 16/04/11 16:13, Ben Gamari wrote:
>
> Did anything ever happen with this[1] patch? If not, is there another
> convenient way to use the proper tools in leiu of busybox? For larger
> machines it's very nice to have a more civilized environment. Thanks,
>
I'm afraid I got pulled away from this before I could finish it.
The list of packages in task-proper-tools got updated by Marcin, I still have
a rather old tree containing the rest of it. Here's what I have (sorry my mail
client will have wrapped it a bit):
diff --git a/recipes/busybox/busybox-alt_1.bb b/recipes/busybox/busybox-alt_1.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..811f073
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/busybox/busybox-alt_1.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+DESCRIPTION = "Full versions of tools provided by busybox"
+
+PACKAGES = "busybox"
+PACKAGE_ARCH = "all"
+
+PROVIDES = "busybox"
+DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1"
+
+RDEPENDS = "task-proper-tools"
+
+SRC_URI = "file://hwclock.sh"
+
+
+do_install () {
+ install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/
+ install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/hwclock.sh ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/
+}
+
+FILES += "${sysconfdir}/init.d/hwclock.sh"
diff --git a/recipes/busybox/files/hwclock.sh b/recipes/busybox/files/hwclock.sh
index f9c9f9f..0a644fe 100644
--- a/recipes/busybox/files/hwclock.sh
+++ b/recipes/busybox/files/hwclock.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
. /etc/default/rcS
-[ "$UTC" = yes ] && UTC=-u || UTC=-l
+[ "$UTC" = yes ] && UTC=--utc || UTC=--localtime
case "$1" in
start)
diff --git a/recipes/tasks/task-proper-tools.bb
b/recipes/tasks/task-proper-tools.bb
index 40baf87..fd5e481 100644
--- a/recipes/tasks/task-proper-tools.bb
+++ b/recipes/tasks/task-proper-tools.bb
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ RDEPENDS_${PN} = "\
grep \
gzip \
ifupdown \
+# inetutils \
iproute2 \
iputils-arping \
iputils-ping6 \
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ RDEPENDS_${PN} = "\
psmisc \
pump \
realpath \
+ openrdate \
sed \
shadow \
start-stop-daemon \
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ RDEPENDS_${PN} = "\
time \
unzip \
util-linux-ng \
+ unzip \
vim \
wget \
"
--
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GE Intelligent Platforms | Wales (3828642) at 100
T +44(0)127322748 | Barbirolli Square, Manchester,
E martyn.welch@ge.com | M2 3AB VAT:GB 927559189
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