From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dan.rpsys.net (5751f4a1.skybroadband.com [87.81.244.161]) by mail.openembedded.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2E3C6084E for ; Sun, 3 Aug 2014 16:17:11 +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 s73GH5N4018406; Sun, 3 Aug 2014 17:17:07 +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 QgbV5ddBnW36; Sun, 3 Aug 2014 17:17:05 +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 s73GGvZd017997 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Sun, 3 Aug 2014 17:16:59 +0100 Message-ID: <1407082617.6981.44.camel@ted> From: Richard Purdie To: Alex J Lennon Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 17:16:57 +0100 In-Reply-To: <53DE3E5C.5020303@dynamicdevices.co.uk> References: <53DE3841.2000305@topic.nl> <53DE3E5C.5020303@dynamicdevices.co.uk> X-Mailer: Evolution 3.8.4-0ubuntu1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: mike.looijmans@topic.nl, OE Subject: Re: What does "QA Issue: ... rdepends on .. but its not a build dependency?" mean 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, 03 Aug 2014 16:17:17 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sun, 2014-08-03 at 14:51 +0100, Alex J Lennon wrote: > On 03/08/2014 14:25, Mike Looijmans wrote: > > I'm getting lots of warnings like this: > > > > """ > > WARNING: QA Issue: enigma2-plugin-systemplugins-wirelesslan rdepends > > on wireless-tools but its not a build dependency? [build-deps] > > """ > > > > What does it actually mean? What does it want me to provide here? > > > > The message in itself is correct. The package only has a runtime > > dependency. It does not require the wireless-tools package to be built > > or otherwise present on the build system. But what is the QA issue > > here and how do I get rid of the message? > > > > Surely if package B has a non-optional runtime dependency on package A > then package A must be built and present on the target ? Its the "built" part that is the issue, bitbake can't see the dependency, hence the warning. > > Apart from that, there's a spelling error in there (its -> it's) > > because it's "it's" when it's "it is" and it's "its" when it's its > > property. > > > > It is a spelling error in a superficial sense perhaps, but at a deeper > level I suspect it is more accurately characterised as a grammatical error. > > Perhaps somebody was having trouble with string terminations and decided > to avoid trouble? Somebody was concentrating on the correctness of the code generating the warning rather than the grammar. The latter is easily fixed, patches welcome. Cheers, Richard