Re: [PATCH 1/3] bitbake: add file-native to ASSUME_PROVIDED

[Alex Franco <alejandro.franco@linux.intel.com>]

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#2 seems more ubiquitous

Franco

On 10/19/2015 11:11 AM, Burton, Ross wrote:
>
> On 19 October 2015 at 16:37, Burton, Ross <ross.burton@intel.com
> <mailto:ross.burton@intel.com>> wrote:
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>     Not sure what to do here.  If we install file-native directly into
>     the sysroot we get occasional races on the file binary  causing
>     build failures.  If we make file-native ASSUME_PROVIDED then rpm
>     (and subversion) change their behaviour depending on the presence
>     of libmagic-dev on the host (well, rpm4 requires libmagic, rpm5
>     and subversion change their configuration).
>
>
> Two proposals:
>
> 1) Tell RPM and Subversion to explicitly enable libmagic support so
> they fail if libmagic-dev isn't installed on the host, and document
> that libmagic-dev is a build requirement
> 2) Change file-replacement-native to install libmagic, and add
> file-replacement-native as a dependency to subversion-native and
> rpm-native.
>
> Does anyone have a strong opinion either way?
>
> Ross
>
>


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