Re: [oe-commits] Mark Hatle : util-linux: use new update-alternatives

[Mark Hatle <mark.hatle@windriver.com>]

On 6/28/12 3:06 PM, Martin Jansa wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 02:43:28PM -0500, Mark Hatle wrote:
>> On 6/28/12 2:12 PM, Martin Jansa wrote:
>>> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 11:05:32AM +0000, git@git.openembedded.org wrote:
>>>> Module: openembedded-core.git
>>>> Branch: master
>>>> Commit: 55c01de28a28a4cfe16d36663c190a874ef2e85d
>>>> URL:    http://git.openembedded.org/?p=openembedded-core.git&a=commit;h=55c01de28a28a4cfe16d36663c190a874ef2e85d
>>>>
>>>> Author: Mark Hatle <mark.hatle@windriver.com>
>>>> Date:   Mon May 21 12:42:34 2012 -0500
>>>>
>>>> util-linux: use new update-alternatives
>>>>
>>>> In addition to switching to the new update-alternatives, it was discovered
>>>> that the sln, shutdown, halt, reboot and related commands were never generated.
>>>> Remove these from the list.  (These appear to have been removed from util-linux
>>>> some time ago.)
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Mark Hatle <mark.hatle@windriver.com>
>>>
>>> This seems to break u-a for reset while upgrading from older image:
>>>
>>> update-alternatives: Error: cannot register alternative reset to
>>> /bin/reset since it is already registered to /usr/bin/reset
>>
>> Can you figure out what registered it as /usr/bin/reset?  As far as I'm aware
>> the reset command should be in /bin...  (Sounds like this may simply be an
>> ordering thing.)
>
> seems like busybox did..
>
> SHR root@Nokia-N900 / $ cat /var/lib/opkg/alternatives/reset
> /usr/bin/reset
> ../../bin/busybox 50

Is that the current busybox?  If so, then util-linux is incorrect.  It should be 
matching the behavior of busybox -- unless of course busybox has a bug.  ;)


But when I set this up originally, the intent was to follow what BB was doing.

--Mark

> Cheers,
>
>>
>> --Mark
>>
>>> anyone seen it too?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>>    meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc       |  212 +++++----------------
>>>>    meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux_2.21.1.bb |    2 +-
>>>>    2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 169 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> Diff:   http://git.openembedded.org/?p=openembedded-core.git/?a=commitdiff;h=55c01de28a28a4cfe16d36663c190a874ef2e85d
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