Re: kernel type naming and package version conflicts

[Darren Hart <dvhart@linux.intel.com>]

On 12/14/2010 01:20 PM, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Darren Hart<dvhart@linux.intel.com>  wrote:
>> I believe I've identified why my preempt_rt kernel recipes are failing to
>> build. The do_package_write_ipk is complaining about invalid characters in
>> the file name - specifically:
>>
>> kernel-2.6.34.7-rt-yocto-preempt_rt
>> *** Error: Package name  contains illegal characters, (other than
>> [a-z0-9.+-])
>>
>> Note the "_" in preempt_rt.
>>
>> This name appears to be generated in part from the following assignment:
>>
>> LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE = "preempt_rt"
>> LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION ?= "-yocto-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}"
>>
>> Changing this to the following allows the build to succeed without error
>> (replacing _ with -).
>> LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION ?= "-yocto-preempt-rt"
>>
>> As I see it we have two options, we can rewrite linux-yocto kernel branches
>> for use in bitbake package names (replacing _ with -), or we can forbid the
>> use of _ in the linux-yocto git branches. Rather than clutter up the recipes
>> with string manipulators, I would prefer the latter option.
>
> Ah yes. The _ in preempt_rt pre-dates bitbake, but I'm not particularly
> attached to it.
>
> As for forbidding, I'll have to add sanity checks, since the branch names
> are board customizable, and I know of plenty that will use _'s.
>
>>
>> Bruce, Tom, do you have an opinion?
>
> I'll fix preempt_rt to be preempt-rt, and add sanity checks, but won't
> go for full replacement.
>
> How does that sound ?

Sounds sound ;-)

Thanks,

-- 
Darren Hart
Yocto Linux Kernel