opkg --prefer-arch-to-version (was: Re: [PATCH 1/1] autoconf-archive: inherit allarch and fix package splitting)

["André Draszik" <git@andred.net>]

Only during do_rootfs indeed (I don't ever do upgrades on the target using
opkg).

Is there a reason to still specify prefer-arch-to-version? I'd actually
expect the exact opposite compared to the original commit message's
statement, unless the version numbers are identical.

Also, I would argue that the defaults during do_rootfs and when using opkg
on the target should be the same...

Cheers,
Andre'


On Mon, 2017-11-13 at 11:12 +0100, Martin Jansa wrote:
> Is this during do_rootfs or are you seeing this issue when upgrading on
> the
> target as well?
> 
> I haven't found the bug for this but IIRC it's because do_rootfs is using
> --prefer-arch-to-version parameter.
> meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass:OPKG_ARGS += "--force_postinstall
> --prefer-arch-to-version"
> which causes this undesired behavior.
> 
> On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 9:54 AM, André Draszik <git@andred.net> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Mon, 2017-11-13 at 13:26 +0800, Chen Qi wrote:
> > > autoconf-archive is a set of common m4 macros, it should be allarch,
> > > just like it is on other distros.
> > 
> > I have found previously that when changing a recipe to produce more
> > generic
> > output, like in this case, and the old binary package is still in
> > deploy/,
> > then the package manager would always pick the more specific version,
> > even
> > if a more recent (by package version) exists in deploy. In my case I was
> > moving from PACKAGE_ARCH=${MACHINE_ARCH} to
> > PACKAGE_ARCH=${TUNE_PKGARCH},
> > but I guess it'll be the same here.
> > 
> > What is the correct way to deal with that other that cleansstate?
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Andre'
> > 
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