From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix, from userid 118) id A570EE00563; Wed, 6 Aug 2014 09:31:18 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on yocto-www.yoctoproject.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-HAM-Report: * -0.0 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, no * trust * [208.80.206.85 listed in list.dnswl.org] * -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] Received: from smtp685.redcondor.net (smtp685.redcondor.net [208.80.206.85]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 528ABE0054C for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2014 09:31:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]) by smtp685.redcondor.net ({20c8e40f-6b6c-4c9e-abff-1640ea7bf404}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTPS id 20140806163105770 for ; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 16:31:05 +0000 X-RC-FROM: X-RC-RCPT: Received: from [99.240.204.5] (port=56014 helo=crashcourse.ca) by astoria.ccjclearline.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XF47B-0004WC-1Q; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 12:31:01 -0400 Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 12:30:57 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost To: Gary Thomas In-Reply-To: <53E25797.6030206@mlbassoc.com> Message-ID: References: <41DEA4B02DBDEF40A0F3B6D0DDB1237983FD3136@ORSMSX101.amr.corp.intel.com> <2384884.X0kGjS6PL9@peggleto-mobl5.ger.corp.intel.com> <53E25797.6030206@mlbassoc.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (LFD 23 2013-08-11) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - yoctoproject.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-MAG-OUTBOUND: ccj.redcondor.net@64.235.106.9/32 Cc: yocto@yoctoproject.org Subject: Re: question about installing multiple versions of a single library X-BeenThere: yocto@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of all things Yocto Project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 16:31:18 -0000 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Wed, 6 Aug 2014, Gary Thomas wrote: > On 2014-08-06 10:20, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Wed, 6 Aug 2014, Paul Eggleton wrote: > > > > > Hi Robert, > > > > > > On Monday 04 August 2014 05:29:45 Rifenbark, Scott M wrote: > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Robert P. J. Day [mailto:rpjday@crashcourse.ca] > > > > > Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2014 2:05 AM > > > > > To: Rifenbark, Scott M > > > > > Subject: question about installing multiple versions of a single > > > > > library > > > > > > > > > > sorry for the interruption, i'm reading dev manual here: > > > > > http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/dev-manual/dev-> > > > > > >manual.html#installing-multiple-versions-of-the-same-library > > > > > > > > > > and the example used (clutter) doesn't even exist in oe-core with > > > > > those > > > > > version numbers, i was looking for another example that actually > > > > > exists, > > > > > didn't immediately see one. > > > > > > > > > > more to the point, the version numbers used in those clutter recipe > > > > > files > > > > > look> > > > > > weird: > > > > > clutter-1.6_1.6.20.bb > > > > > clutter-1.8_1.8.4.bb > > > > > > > > > > i'm not used to seeing recipe files that appear to combine a > > > > > higher version number *and* what looks like a minor version > > > > > number upgrade as well. do you know what's going on there? maybe > > > > > that's not the best example for trying to explain this topic. > > > > > > The specific versions of clutter may no longer exist in the > > > metadata, but we do still use this scheme for clutter recipes and > > > others (gstreamer comes to mind). The point is you change PN to be > > > version-specific - you have clutter-1.6 and clutter-1.8, such that > > > you can depend on the specific version where needed. > > > > ah, i see ... the software name is not simply "clutter", it is > > "clutter-1.6" or "clutter-1.8". got it. > > The '_' in the recipe name is the key - everything to the left of > it is the package name and the version is to the right. yes, i do feel silly about not having noticed that. go ahead ... rub it in. :-) rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================