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 6751560E79 for ; Sun, 6 Apr 2014 12:08:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (dan.rpsys.net [127.0.0.1]) by dan.rpsys.net (8.14.4/8.14.4/Debian-2.1ubuntu4) with ESMTP id s36C8bj2009780; Sun, 6 Apr 2014 13:08:38 +0100 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 NMDvmd8hsRYV; Sun, 6 Apr 2014 13:08:37 +0100 (BST) 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 s36C8WVO009762 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Sun, 6 Apr 2014 13:08:34 +0100 Message-ID: <1396786107.24597.17.camel@ted> From: Richard Purdie To: Paul Barker Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 13:08:27 +0100 In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Evolution 3.8.4-0ubuntu1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: openembedded-core Subject: Re: opkg-0.2.2 release 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: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 12:08:46 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 2014-04-01 at 22:18 +0100, Paul Barker wrote: > Hi all, > > I've just released opkg-0.2.2 with the following bugfixes (issue > numbers refer to the opkg issue list): > > - Fix '--force-reinstall' flag so that it acts as an upgrade rather than > removing possibly critical packages before reinstall (issue 71) > > - Symlinks are now correctly removed during package uninstall (issue 91) > > - Fixed help and manual pages to reflect that shell globs not true regexps are > accepted by opkg (issue 107) > > - The error message "no valid architecture" is no longer given when the > architecture of a package is valid but incompatible with the current system. > > This is a bugfix only release with no other significant changes. > > I have also rebased the patches against opkg in oe-core against the > new release and checked that they still apply and that the result > builds with recent oe-core master. The result was tested on qemuarm by > running 'opkg update' against a package feed and installing a few new > packages. Thanks for checking this, it certainly helps and is appreciated! > Do we want to try to get this in to the upcoming Yocto release or > shall I delay the recipe upgrade until after the release? If you want > it for the upcoming release I'll re-run my tests locally just to be > sure it's looking good and then send a patch. We're about to roll -rc3 so this is getting late in the cycle to change the package manager. Having said that this sounds like bug fixes which would be nice to have. I think I'm leaning to not taking it right now as it is really too late but I'm open to other views on this... Cheers, Richard