Re: [PATCH] meta/conf/layer.conf: adapt to more flexible initramfs-framework RDEPENDS

[Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly@intel.com>]

On Mon, 2016-02-08 at 16:14 +0100, Patrick Ohly wrote:
> initramfs-framework now RDEPENDS on ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils},
> which can be busybox or some alternative like toybox. Making the
> SIGGEN_EXCLUDE_SAFE_RECIPE_DEPS exception flexible, too, ensures that
> distros using toybox still pass the selftests.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly@intel.com>
> ---
>  meta/conf/layer.conf | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/conf/layer.conf b/meta/conf/layer.conf
> index 7100ed7..baa4fd4 100644
> --- a/meta/conf/layer.conf
> +++ b/meta/conf/layer.conf
> @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ SIGGEN_EXCLUDE_SAFE_RECIPE_DEPS += " \
>    ppp-dialin->ppp \
>    resolvconf->bash \
>    docbook-xsl-stylesheets->perl \
> -  initramfs-framework->busybox \
> +  initramfs-framework->${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils} \
>    initramfs-framework->systemd \
>    initramfs-framework->udev \
>    liberation-fonts->fontconfig \

Was VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils meant to be a single word?

I just noticed that toybox does not provide a /bin/sh out-of-the-box,
and even when enabled the resulting sh is not complete enough to execute
initramfs-framework scripts.

That means that VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils = "toybox" leads to an
unusable initramfs when replacing "busybox" with
${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils} in initramfs-framwork.

This could be fixed by setting
  VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils = "toybox dash"
but then the patch above needs to be fixed.

-- 
Best Regards, Patrick Ohly

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