From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from relay1.mentorg.com ([192.94.38.131]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OdRGc-0002rN-Jp for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:15:08 +0200 Received: from svr-orw-exc-08.mgc.mentorg.com ([147.34.98.97]) by relay1.mentorg.com with esmtp id 1OdRGL-0005JK-D3 from Tom_Rini@mentor.com for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:14:49 -0700 Received: from na2-mail.mgc.mentorg.com ([134.86.114.213]) by SVR-ORW-EXC-08.mgc.mentorg.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:14:49 -0700 Received: from [172.30.80.16] ([172.30.80.16]) by na2-mail.mgc.mentorg.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:14:47 -0600 Message-ID: <4C4DC285.3070201@mentor.com> Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:14:45 -0700 From: Tom Rini Organization: Mentor Graphics Corporation User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20100411) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org References: <4C4D586A.5040202@kernelconcepts.de> <4C4D862E.2050202@kernelconcepts.de> In-Reply-To: <4C4D862E.2050202@kernelconcepts.de> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Jul 2010 17:14:48.0018 (UTC) FILETIME=[0CDE3320:01CB2CE6] X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 192.94.38.131 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: Tom_Rini@mentor.com X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on discovery X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:20:07 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on linuxtogo.org) Subject: Re: native preferences X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 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, 26 Jul 2010 17:15:08 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Florian Boor wrote: > Hi, > > Dr. Michael Lauer schrieb: >> Of course the preferred way - rather than switching distros - is to fix this obvious bug >> in the OE metadata. > > yes I see it like this. Switching to a distribution that pins more versions is > not really what I would call a fix. It is a workaround but should not become the > default way to deal with such issues in OE. > What we introduced here is clearly a bug in OE and not the distributions fault. Except that it's a bitbake issue, not a metadata issue, iirc (which is why it's fixed in the 1.10 branch, but not 1.8). -- Tom Rini Mentor Graphics Corporation