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From: Saul Wold <sgw@linux.intel.com>
To: "Iorga, Cristian" <cristian.iorga@intel.com>
Cc: "openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org"
	<openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 0/2] BlueZ 5 experimental recipes
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 07:47:40 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51E55D0C.4080605@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <969F26A8BAB325438E7EB80D3C3134FB16C05A76@IRSMSX105.ger.corp.intel.com>

On 07/16/2013 07:36 AM, Iorga, Cristian wrote:
> " why having it be so is not a very good thing."
>
> Sorry, I did not understood this part.
>
> Judging by my investigation, is RREPLACES needed or not?
>
I believe that RREPLACES is not needed, it could cause problems if a 
feed builds the bluez5 packages but does not want to use them, without 
the RREPLACES it requires a conscious effort on the target to get the 
update.

The upgrade case is exactly why we should not have RREPLACES.

Sau!

> /Cristian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Blundell [mailto:pb@pbcl.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 5:34 PM
> To: Iorga, Cristian
> Cc: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
> Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH V3 0/2] BlueZ 5 experimental recipes
>
> On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 17:28 +0300, Cristian Iorga wrote:
>> Observe my investigation below in order to decide if RREPLACES is needed.
>> Conclusion: BlueZ 5.x will be eventually an upgrade path for an
>> already installed embedded device. As such, RREPLACES is needed for a system-wide upgrade.
>
> It wasn't very obvious to me that these results make a compelling case for bluez4 needing to RREPLACE bluez5.  Indeed, this section:
>
> root@qemux86:~# opkg install bluez5
> Multiple replacers for bluez5, using first one (bluez4).
> Package bluez4 is already installed on root.
> root@qemux86:~# opkg list-installed | grep bluez
> bluez4 - 4.101-r6.0
> libasound-module-bluez - 4.101-r6.0
>
> ... seems to illustrate (modulo the usual amount of opkg craziness) why having it be so is not a very good thing.
>
> p.
>
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  reply	other threads:[~2013-07-16 14:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-07-16 14:28 [PATCH V3 0/2] BlueZ 5 experimental recipes Cristian Iorga
2013-07-16 14:28 ` [PATCH V3 1/2] bluez5: new package for v5.7 Cristian Iorga
2013-07-16 14:28 ` [PATCH V3 2/2] bluez4: conflicts with/replaces bluez5 Cristian Iorga
2013-07-16 14:33 ` [PATCH V3 0/2] BlueZ 5 experimental recipes Phil Blundell
2013-07-16 14:36   ` Iorga, Cristian
2013-07-16 14:47     ` Saul Wold [this message]
2013-07-16 14:49       ` Iorga, Cristian
2013-07-16 14:55     ` Phil Blundell

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