From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.chez-thomas.org (hermes.mlbassoc.com [64.234.241.98]) by mx1.pokylinux.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AED084C80039 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:56:35 -0600 (CST) Received: by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix, from userid 999) id 5DEC31660501; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:56:35 -0700 (MST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on hermes.chez-thomas.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=4.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 Received: from hermes.chez-thomas.org (hermes_local [192.168.1.101]) by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E37216604FC; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:56:34 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <4D10F862.5040302@mlbassoc.com> Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:56:34 -0700 From: Gary Thomas User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101209 Fedora/3.1.7-0.35.b3pre.fc13 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Scott Garman References: <4D10CB88.4040308@mlbassoc.com> <4D10D857.8080906@intel.com> In-Reply-To: <4D10D857.8080906@intel.com> Cc: poky@yoctoproject.org Subject: Re: Write-protect $DL_DIR X-BeenThere: poky@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Poky build system developer discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:56:36 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 12/21/2010 09:39 AM, Scott Garman wrote: > On 12/21/2010 07:45 AM, Gary Thomas wrote: >> In my quest for a well-packaged Poky that I can distribute >> to my customers, I'd like to give them a pre-populated $DL_DIR >> tree (also in response to those customers that have little or >> no net access). This would likely be in /opt/XYZ and practice >> would dictate that it be read-only. >> >> Sadly, this doesn't work. When I try to build Poky with a >> read-only $DL_DIR, it simply hangs on every 'fetch' step. >> >> Note: I could avoid this problem (although I think it's a >> bug even if it should never be experienced) by being able >> to easily provide source mirrors for the packages. So far, >> I've not figured out how to do this; I'd like to add my >> own mirror lists, similar to those in meta/classes/poky.bbclass >> Would this be a way forward? If so, how? >> >> Thanks for any ideas > > Hi Gary, > > Being able to do this is an important priority. Please file a bug to track it if there isn't a current workaround. Done, bug #606. I'll also look at Richard's new support for MIRRORS/PREMIRRORS to see how to make it work for my environment. -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | Consulting for the MLB Associates | Embedded world ------------------------------------------------------------