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From: Tom Rini <tom_rini@mentor.com>
To: <openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] powertop: inherit update-alternatives and use	a higher priority than busybox
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 08:40:57 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E15D389.9040906@mentor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cb76f021571c5f35239192ff05eb89cab4713d04.1310027619.git.dexuan.cui@intel.com>

On 07/07/2011 01:39 AM, Dexuan Cui wrote:
> busybox-1.18.4 installs /bin/powertop and the powertop recipe installs
> /usr/bin/powertop. So, in PATH, if /bin appears before /usr/bin, we would
> run the version offered by busybox, which has a very limited function (e.g.,
> no parameter is accepted) and this causes trouble to eclipse plugin.
> 
> We can use update-alternatives for powertop with higher priority to resolve
> the issue.
> 
> Fixes [YOCTO #1208]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <dexuan.cui@intel.com>

This fix seems a bit incomplete.  Why is busybox putting powertop into
/bin when it almost certainly belongs in /usr/bin like the real recipe
was placing it.  busybox needs a fix here too.

-- 
Tom Rini
Mentor Graphics Corporation



  reply	other threads:[~2011-07-07 15:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-07  8:39 [PATCH 0/1] the fix to bug 1208 Dexuan Cui
2011-07-07  8:39 ` [PATCH 1/1] powertop: inherit update-alternatives and use a higher priority than busybox Dexuan Cui
2011-07-07 15:40   ` Tom Rini [this message]
2011-07-08  1:40     ` Cui, Dexuan
2011-07-08  7:25       ` Koen Kooi
2011-07-08 15:00         ` Richard Purdie
2011-07-08 15:57           ` Koen Kooi
2011-07-08 16:43             ` Richard Purdie
2011-07-08 20:45               ` Koen Kooi
2011-07-07 12:37 ` [PATCH 0/1] the fix to bug 1208 Richard Purdie

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