Re: adding German local files to an image

[Koen Kooi <k.kooi@student.utwente.nl>]

Cliff Brake wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 9:51 AM, Cliff Brake<cliff.brake@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Another observation, I can install glibc-locale-de on a device using
>> opkg, but not at rootfs time:
>>
>> Works on device:
>>
>> root@:~# opkg install glibc-locale-de
>> Installing glibc-locale-de (2.6.1-r4) to root...
>> Downloading http://hq.bec-systems.com/feeds/armv5te/glibc-locale-de_2.6.1-r4_armv5te.ipk
>> 100% |========================================================================|
>> Configuring glibc-locale-de
>> root@:~# opkg files glibc-locale-de
>> Package glibc-locale-de (2.6.1-r4) is installed on root and has the
>> following files:
>> /usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo
>>
>> But not at rootfs build time if I add glibc-locale-de to IMAGE_INSTALL
>>
>> NOTE: Resolving any missing task queue dependencies
>> ERROR: '['/build//_build/oe/oe/custom/packages/images/rootfs-vac-table-image.bb']'
>> RDEPENDS/RRECOMMENDS or otherwise requires the runtime entity
>> 'glibc-locale-de' but it wasn't found in any PACKAGE or RPROVIDES
>> variables
>> NOTE: Runtime target 'glibc-locale-de' is unbuildable, removing...
>> Missing or unbuildable dependency chain was: ['glibc-locale-de']
>> ERROR: Required build target 'rootfs-vac-table-image' has no buildable
>> providers.
>> Missing or unbuildable dependency chain was:
>> ['rootfs-vac-table-image', 'glibc-locale-de']
>> cbrake@happy:/build//_build/oe$
>
> The reason for the above behavior is locale packages are created
> dynamically, so bitbake has no knowledge of them.  Adding the
> following to bitbake.conf as as suggested on IRC last night would fix
> that:
>
> PACKAGES_DYNAMIC = "${PN}-locale-*"
>
> Any objections to adding this?

Yes, since it's wrong for most packages. Only packages with locales will 
generated locales, and even for those we also have a global USE_NLS 
switch to disable that.

So: Nack