Re: [PATCH 3/5] package_rpm: export the native directory to the postinst scriptlets

[Laurentiu Palcu <laurentiu.palcu@intel.com>]

On 08/03/2012 11:25 PM, Mark Hatle wrote:
> On 8/3/12 3:19 PM, Laurentiu Palcu wrote:
>> Some postinst scriptlets test for the existence of certain files but
>> have the paths hardcoded to the target's rootfs. This patch will allow
>> us to run postinst scriptlets at do_rootfs time by calling native
>> binaries.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Laurentiu Palcu <laurentiu.palcu@intel.com>
>> ---
>>   meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass |    1 +
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass b/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass
>> index 50e9b31..113b19c 100644
>> --- a/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass
>> +++ b/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass
>> @@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ export D="${target_rootfs}"
>>   export OFFLINE_ROOT="\$D"
>>   export IPKG_OFFLINE_ROOT="\$D"
>>   export OPKG_OFFLINE_ROOT="\$D"
>> +export NATIVE_DIR="${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}"
> 
> Why is this needed?  Normally the host items run from the path (and should know 
> how to access any related files they need), and ${D} points to the target rootfs 
> directory for things needing full paths.
Hmm, I think you're perfectly right... I needed it because the
gdk-pixbuf postinst scriplet tested the existence of
gtk-update-icon-cache binary but, now that you mentioned it, I realized
it might work without it. Test the existence of the binary on target
rootfs but run the native one from PATH.

Thanks for the tip,
Laurentiu
> 
> --Mark
> 
>>
>>   \$2 \$1/\$3 \$4
>>   if [ \$? -ne 0 ]; then
>>
> 
> 
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