From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix, from userid 118) id B6E7FE00853; Tue, 20 Jan 2015 02:05:05 -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 C5AC6E0083A for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2015 02:04:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from [99.240.204.5] (port=34817 helo=crashcourse.ca) by astoria.ccjclearline.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YDVg8-0004yi-BC; Tue, 20 Jan 2015 05:04:56 -0500 Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 05:04:54 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost To: Paul Eggleton In-Reply-To: <2608332.CqdSeLLBDo@peggleto-mobl5.ger.corp.intel.com> Message-ID: References: <41DEA4B02DBDEF40A0F3B6D0DDB1237988E9D091@ORSMSX101.amr.corp.intel.com> <2608332.CqdSeLLBDo@peggleto-mobl5.ger.corp.intel.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: Cc: yocto@yoctoproject.org Subject: Re: what is the future for package_tar.bbclass? 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: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 10:05:05 -0000 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Tue, 20 Jan 2015, Paul Eggleton wrote: > On Monday 19 January 2015 22:57:37 Rifenbark, Scott M wrote: > > The class is broken and unsupported. I have updated the docs indicating > > such. > > I'm not sure that's true. It's not supported for building images, > and it never has been. However it can be used for producing tarball > packages for individual recipes. i have no strong feelings either way, i was just repeating an observation of mine from a while back that the tar packaging seemed to get precious little attention compared to the three "standard" packaging formats. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================