Re: [meta-raspberrypi][PATCH v3] linux-raspberrypi.inc: use SRCPV instead of SRCREV for PV

[Jonathan Liu <net147@gmail.com>]

On 4/10/2015 9:50 PM, Andreas Müller wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 4:15 AM, Jonathan Liu <net147@gmail.com> wrote:
>> SRCPV is intended to be used by PV. Using SRCREV for PV is incorrect.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Liu <net147@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>   recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi.inc | 3 ++-
>>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi.inc b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi.inc
>> index d60a3e9..70e8bfe 100644
>> --- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi.inc
>> +++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi.inc
>> @@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ SRC_URI += " \
>>
>>   COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "raspberrypi"
>>
>> -PV = "${LINUX_VERSION}+git${SRCREV}"
>> +PE = "1"
>> +PV = "${LINUX_VERSION}+git${SRCPV}"
>>
> Doesn't PRServer takes care for things like these?
>
> Andreas
The version goes backwards because the the revision is shortened. It 
does rebuild the package though when the version changes because of 
PRServer but it breaks package feeds when the version goes backwards. 
Upgrading using package manager on the target device would not detect a 
newer version.

Regards,
Jonathan