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 1P3u4R-0001jo-7O for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Thu, 07 Oct 2010 19:15:56 +0200 Received: from svr-orw-exc-08.mgc.mentorg.com ([147.34.98.97]) by relay1.mentorg.com with esmtp id 1P3u42-0005eo-KB from Tom_Rini@mentor.com for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:15:30 -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); Thu, 7 Oct 2010 10:15:01 -0700 Received: from [172.30.80.69] ([172.30.80.69]) by na2-mail.mgc.mentorg.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Thu, 7 Oct 2010 11:14:58 -0600 Message-ID: <4CAE0004.6080607@mentor.com> Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:14:44 -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: <4CADCF1E.3090602@mentor.com> <20101007140016.GC3163@jama> In-Reply-To: <20101007140016.GC3163@jama> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Oct 2010 17:14:58.0618 (UTC) FILETIME=[2B5761A0:01CB6643] 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=AWL,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: Updating libtiff 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: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:15:56 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Martin Jansa wrote: > On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 06:46:06AM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: >> Hey all, >> >> I'm looking to update libtiff to cover some security issues in the >> version we ship, and I noticed something funny about how we do it today. >> Currently tiff_3.9.2.bb sets PV to 3.9.2+4.0.0beta5 and grabs and >> builds 4.0.0beta5. While it's possible that in the past 3.9.2 was >> intended to be the last 3.9.x, it wasn't. >> >> I think we should go with: >> - Add tiff_4.0.0beta6.bb which should be compatible with beta5 and will >> get upgrades right. >> - Add tiff_3.9.4.bb as well, in case someone wants to stay on the >> released line. >> >> Anyone see a problem with that? > > Isn't PV="4.0.0" < PV="4.0.0beta5"? > > Then it would be better to stay with 3.9.2+4.0.0beta* sheme for easy > upgrade path to 4.0.0 release. > > at least that's the reason why I have ie: > KERNEL_RELEASE = "2.6.36-rc7" > OLD_KERNEL_RELEASE = "2.6.35" > PV = "${OLD_KERNEL_RELEASE}+${KERNEL_RELEASE}+gitr${SRCPV}" Ah right. But the problem is that we're more like back in the "not quite 2.6.0" days of the kernel. Unless we just skip out on doing 3.9.4 itself, which I guess is possible. -- Tom Rini Mentor Graphics Corporation