From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix, from userid 118) id 2A3ABE0084E; Sat, 10 Jan 2015 03:37:47 -0800 (PST) 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 autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-HAM-Report: * -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com (astoria.ccjclearline.com [64.235.106.9]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 779EFE0070B for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2015 03:37:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from [70.30.87.145] (port=33234 helo=crashcourse.ca) by astoria.ccjclearline.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Y9uMS-0007VH-Hm for yocto@yoctoproject.org; Sat, 10 Jan 2015 06:37:44 -0500 Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 06:37:45 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost To: Yocto discussion list In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: 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: Subject: Re: unnecessary build of bzip2 when it's "required" for a dev host 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: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 11:37:47 -0000 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Sat, 10 Jan 2015, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > more nitpicking pedantry, but i just noticed that on the quick start > page, there is the standard list of what the developer must install > beforehand: > > http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.8/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.html#yp-resources > > and for both fedora and centos, the reader is instructed to install > (among other things) bzip2. but i'm pretty sure bzip2 is compiled as > part of the build tools as part of a standard build, no? > > certainly, as part of my poky-based BBB, i can see > tmp/work/x86_64-linux/bzip2-native/. not a big deal, of course, but > apparently redundant. didn't bother checking if this is the case for > anything else. whoops, should have mentioned that the same observation holds for the first chapter of the reference manual, section 1.3.2, "Required Packages for the Host Development System." rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================