remove dbg and dev packages

remove dbg and dev packages

[Jaap de Jong]

Hi!

is there an option (in local.conf?) to not build (or not add to the 
repository of) the dbg and dev packages?

Thanks!
Jaap

Re: remove dbg and dev packages

[Henning Heinold]

On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 09:54:15AM +0100, Jaap de Jong wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> is there an option (in local.conf?) to not build (or not add to the
> repository of) the dbg and dev packages?
> 
> Thanks!
> Jaap


Why dont write a shell skript which deletes all dbg and dev packages and calles the opkg index command afterwards?

Bye Henning

Re: remove dbg and dev packages

[Jaap de Jong]

That was my first guess too.
If I remove them from the build/deploy/glibc/ipk/* directories and then 
do 'bitbake package-index' that would do the trick?
But I would have to remove them after every package I build...

On 03/16/2012 02:33 PM, Henning Heinold wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 09:54:15AM +0100, Jaap de Jong wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> is there an option (in local.conf?) to not build (or not add to the
>> repository of) the dbg and dev packages?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Jaap
>
> Why dont write a shell skript which deletes all dbg and dev packages and calles the opkg index command afterwards?
>
> Bye Henning
>
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Re: remove dbg and dev packages

[Mark Hatle]

On 3/16/12 3:54 AM, Jaap de Jong wrote:
> Hi!
>
> is there an option (in local.conf?) to not build (or not add to the
> repository of) the dbg and dev packages?

You have to build the dev packages, otherwise you can't (cross) compile the 
software in the development environment.

The dbg packages are optional, but if you disable them then things may or may 
not be stripped and the filesizes on the target may increase.  (It's been a 
while since I tried it w/o dbg packages...)

Is there a reason why you don't want the dev and dbg packages to be generated? 
They should only be installed onto a target filesystem if you've requested them 
(or a package has a dependency on them).  Normal, non-dev, filesystems shouldn't 
be installed any of those components... if they are, there is a packaging bug in 
something.

See the meta/conf/local.conf.sample.extended:

# Uncomment this to disable the split of the debug information into -dbg files
# INHIBIT_PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT = "1"

(There are also other settings to control the specific mechanisms of the package 
split.. "debian" style or "fedora" style...)

--Mark

> Thanks!
> Jaap
>
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Re: remove dbg and dev packages

[Jaap de Jong]

On 03/19/2012 04:54 PM, Mark Hatle wrote:
> On 3/16/12 3:54 AM, Jaap de Jong wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> is there an option (in local.conf?) to not build (or not add to the
>> repository of) the dbg and dev packages?
> You have to build the dev packages, otherwise you can't (cross) compile the
> software in the development environment.
Clear!

> The dbg packages are optional, but if you disable them then things may or may
> not be stripped and the filesizes on the target may increase.  (It's been a
> while since I tried it w/o dbg packages...)
Don't want that.

> Is there a reason why you don't want the dev and dbg packages to be generated?
> They should only be installed onto a target filesystem if you've requested them
> (or a package has a dependency on them).  Normal, non-dev, filesystems shouldn't
> be installed any of those components... if they are, there is a packaging bug in
> something.
The only simple reason is to keep the repository's and the Packages* 
files smaller.

Thanks for your comments!