From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MAfjM-00027r-GI for openembedded-devel@openembedded.org; Sun, 31 May 2009 09:45:20 +0200 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1MAfb1-0006Q4-V9 for openembedded-devel@openembedded.org; Sun, 31 May 2009 07:36:43 +0000 Received: from s55917625.adsl.wanadoo.nl ([85.145.118.37]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 31 May 2009 07:36:43 +0000 Received: from k.kooi by s55917625.adsl.wanadoo.nl with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 31 May 2009 07:36:43 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: openembedded-devel@openembedded.org From: Koen Kooi Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 09:36:30 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20090522213142.GF23842@smtp.west.cox.net> <20090523053143.GH23842@smtp.west.cox.net> <20090530191353.GK23842@smtp.west.cox.net> <20090530222745.GU23842@smtp.west.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: s55917625.adsl.wanadoo.nl User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.1pre) Gecko/20090526 Shredder/3.0b3pre In-Reply-To: <20090530222745.GU23842@smtp.west.cox.net> Sender: news Subject: Re: Kernel recipes with broken PRs now X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 07:45:20 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 31-05-09 00:27, Tom Rini wrote: > On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 11:13:34PM +0200, Koen Kooi wrote: >> On 30-05-09 21:13, Tom Rini wrote: >>> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 10:31:43PM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: >>>> On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 07:22:56AM +0200, Koen Kooi wrote: >>>>> On 23-05-09 00:27, Andrea Adami wrote: >>>>>> I think the side-effects of the patch are blessing too much... >>>>> >>>>> That's called 'incentive' :) You are always complaining about >>>>> unmaintained kernel recipes, now you have a way to identify them :) >>>>> >>>>>> I'd propose a rethink of the patch as opt-in. >>>>> >>>>> Due to the way OE is structured, that's sadly impossible. >>>> >>>> Can we please get a little write-up on the new variable on the wiki, to >>>> point people at when they hit a broken recipe. >>> >>> Ping. >> >> You lack write permissions in the wiki? Or do you lack write permissions >> to the usermanual? > > I lack complete understanding of the When To Always > and a short summary of What This Does. This makes external modules and kernel dependant userspace actually work if you use a package manager and/or incremental OE builds. Without it you rely on sheer luck to keep those working. regards, Koen