From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.pbcl.net ([88.198.119.4] helo=hetzner.pbcl.net) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1T9ZoZ-00081X-HO for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:00:03 +0200 Received: from elite.brightsigndigital.co.uk ([81.142.160.137] helo=[172.30.1.145]) by hetzner.pbcl.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1T9Zcb-0005M2-6P; Thu, 06 Sep 2012 12:47:41 +0200 From: Phil Blundell To: Andreas =?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=FCller?= Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:47:40 +0100 In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Evolution 3.0.2- Message-ID: <1346928461.2673.186.camel@phil-desktop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: PREFERRED_VERSION_virtual/.. X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:00:03 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2012-09-06 at 12:45 +0200, Andreas M=C3=BCller wrote: > In meta-gumstix I am working on a central include-file where I can > switch kernel-sources/-versions at one single place. >=20 > For this I need PREFERRED_VERSION_virtual/... working. >=20 > Is there a specific reason why this is not implemented or would it > cause huge efforts to implement? Well, it's inherently meaningless: virtuals don't have any version number, only concrete packages do, and it's entirely possible that the different providers for a given virtual might have unrelated (whether or not intersecting) version numbering schemes. =20 Why exactly do you want this? p.