From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from hermes.mlbassoc.com ([64.234.241.98] helo=mail.chez-thomas.org) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SF82g-0000AN-NP for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:01:19 +0200 Received: by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix, from userid 1998) id 556E8F8125F; Tue, 3 Apr 2012 11:52:08 -0600 (MDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on hermes.chez-thomas.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=4.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 Received: from hermes.chez-thomas.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3FBAF81242; Tue, 3 Apr 2012 11:52:07 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <4F7B38C7.6010909@mlbassoc.com> Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:52:07 -0600 From: Gary Thomas User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:10.0.1) Gecko/20120216 Thunderbird/10.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: OE Core mailing list Subject: Schizophrenic package management X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:01:19 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Why are both opkg-native and rpm-native needed to build images? When I asked this previously, I was told that rpm was used because it has superior dependency tracking. Fair enough (I guess), but then why is opkg required if I build an image using PACKAGE_CLASSES = "package_rpm" -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | Consulting for the MLB Associates | Embedded world ------------------------------------------------------------