From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dan.rpsys.net (dan.rpsys.net [93.97.175.187]) by mail.openembedded.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4E6E6D593 for ; Tue, 12 Nov 2013 21:27:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (dan.rpsys.net [127.0.0.1]) by dan.rpsys.net (8.14.4/8.14.4/Debian-2.1ubuntu1) with ESMTP id rACLRY5a001362; Tue, 12 Nov 2013 21:27:34 GMT X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at dan.rpsys.net Received: from dan.rpsys.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (dan.rpsys.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id mHt65A_uBXPb; Tue, 12 Nov 2013 21:27:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [192.168.3.10] (rpvlan0 [192.168.3.10]) (authenticated bits=0) by dan.rpsys.net (8.14.4/8.14.4/Debian-2.1ubuntu1) with ESMTP id rACLRUXE001358 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 12 Nov 2013 21:27:33 GMT Message-ID: <1384291647.6460.67.camel@ted> From: Richard Purdie To: "Slater, Joseph" Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 21:27:27 +0000 In-Reply-To: <007BD92917A2324FA403BCF9A464CF8455BE9A7A@ALA-MBA.corp.ad.wrs.com> References: <1383947372-20075-1-git-send-email-jslater@windriver.com> <1384253239.6460.0.camel@ted> <007BD92917A2324FA403BCF9A464CF8455BE9823@ALA-MBA.corp.ad.wrs.com> <1384285506.6460.33.camel@ted> <007BD92917A2324FA403BCF9A464CF8455BE9A7A@ALA-MBA.corp.ad.wrs.com> X-Mailer: Evolution 3.6.4-0ubuntu1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: "openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] linuxdoc-tools: add dependency on texinfo X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 21:27:40 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 2013-11-12 at 20:46 +0000, Slater, Joseph wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Richard Purdie [mailto:richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 11:45 AM > > To: Slater, Joseph > > Cc: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org > > Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] linuxdoc-tools: add dependency on texinfo > > > > On Tue, 2013-11-12 at 19:02 +0000, Slater, Joseph wrote: > > > I believe we will use the host makeinfo, if that exists, so we > > > won't automatically build texinfo-native. But, if we are building > > > it at the same time we are trying to run makeinfo, we might get > > > "our" version instead of the host's, and our version might not be > > > fully installed. At least, that looks like what happened for the > > > build failure this patch attempts to fix. > > > > It would help to have that in the commit message. > > > > Equally, does this really solve the problem or does it just move it > > elsewhere as other applications probably use makeinfo too? :/ > > It does just move it elsewhere. I don't know if texinfo would be basic > enough to force it to build early (I'm not sure how to do that), or if > we just expect packages that need it to depend on it. Could we simply not install the makeinfo binary in texinfo-native and always use the one from the host? Cheers, Richard