Re: [OE-core] [PATCH 2/2] gptfdisk: remove recipe

["Mathieu Dubois-Briand" <mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com>]

On Tue Aug 11, 2026 at 5:36 PM CEST, Ross Burton via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> There are no dependencies on this recipe in oe-core or meta-oe now, as
> the standard fdisk command in util-linux has both a scriptable frontend
> and supports GPT partition tables.
>
> Also the last release was in 2024 and there's very little activity
> upstream.
>
> As such, remove the recipe.
>

And break the build :)

Looks like we do have a dependency on gptfdisk-native. Maybe this match
in meta-yocto?

meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/include/genericx86-common.inc:do_image_wic[depends] += "gptfdisk-native:do_populate_sysroot"

Here is the error:
ERROR: Nothing PROVIDES 'gptfdisk-native'. Close matches:
  gperf-native
  gtk+3-native
  gtk4-native
ERROR: Nothing RPROVIDES 'core-image-sato'
No eligible RPROVIDERs exist for 'core-image-sato'
NOTE: Runtime target 'core-image-sato' is unbuildable, removing...
Missing or unbuildable dependency chain was: ['core-image-sato']
ERROR: Nothing RPROVIDES 'core-image-sato-sdk'
No eligible RPROVIDERs exist for 'core-image-sato-sdk'
NOTE: Runtime target 'core-image-sato-sdk' is unbuildable, removing...
Missing or unbuildable dependency chain was: ['core-image-sato-sdk']
ERROR: Nothing RPROVIDES 'core-image-minimal'
No eligible RPROVIDERs exist for 'core-image-minimal'
NOTE: Runtime target 'core-image-minimal' is unbuildable, removing...
Missing or unbuildable dependency chain was: ['core-image-minimal']
ERROR: Nothing RPROVIDES 'core-image-full-cmdline'
No eligible RPROVIDERs exist for 'core-image-full-cmdline'
NOTE: Runtime target 'core-image-full-cmdline' is unbuildable, removing...
Missing or unbuildable dependency chain was: ['core-image-full-cmdline']

https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/4/builds/4388
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/19/builds/4362
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/65/builds/4336
...

Thanks,
Mathieu

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Mathieu Dubois-Briand, Bootlin
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