Re: Using smart within an SDK

[ChenQi <Qi.Chen@windriver.com>]

On 05/15/2015 02:21 AM, Ash Charles wrote:
> On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 7:26 PM, ChenQi <Qi.Chen@windriver.com> wrote:
>> For the nativesdk part, we can use smart/rpm to manage packages. A long time
>> ago, I tried this out and succeeded.
>> However, for the target part, we cannot do the same thing as the rpm
>> database for the target part is not usable after installation. I once tried
>> to solve this problem but failed.
>> You can have a little try and if you have some good news, let me know.
> Thanks for your response.
>
> I've not been able to use smart to install packages even on the
> nativesdk part---could you explain your steps?

I can recall that I used something like `PSEUDO_xxx=xxx PSEUDO_xxx=xxx 
smart(or rpm?) ... --data-dir=xxx <command>'. But I don't remember 
whether I tweaked something else. Sorry :(
That's really a long time ago and I didn't write a document at the time.

> What are the barriers to using the RPM database for the target part?

The rpm database is not usable. You do a query to list files that a 
package installed and you will find all the paths are not correct.

We are now working a new kind of SDK in OE. We call it extensible SDK. 
By design, its components could be updated/installed/removed using 
sstate objects. The task is not completed yet, but we are working on it.

Regards,
Chen Qi

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> --Ash
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