From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mga03.intel.com ([143.182.124.21]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Txk7W-00072T-TB for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:06:59 +0100 Received: from azsmga001.ch.intel.com ([10.2.17.19]) by azsmga101.ch.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Jan 2013 11:51:26 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,516,1355126400"; d="scan'208";a="247149941" Received: from linux.jf.intel.com (HELO linux.intel.com) ([10.23.219.25]) by azsmga001.ch.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Jan 2013 11:51:22 -0800 Received: by linux.intel.com (Postfix, from userid 48) id D5D092C8001; Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:51:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from 10.252.141.203 (SquirrelMail authenticated user kevin.strasser) by linux.intel.com with HTTP; Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:51:18 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <58203.10.252.141.203.1358884278.squirrel@linux.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <50FECBAC.90307@linux.intel.com> References: <5a984e485eb1b568d4fdaa82675dbc5d5e77d8a9.1358463028.git.kevin.strasser@linux.intel.com> <50FECBAC.90307@linux.intel.com> Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:51:18 -0800 (PST) From: kevin.strasser@linux.intel.com To: "Saul Wold" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8-5.el4.centos.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] archiver: remove create_diff_gz X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:06:59 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > On 01/17/2013 02:55 PM, Kevin Strasser wrote: >> create_diff_gz creates a diff file of the entire 'S' directory. >> This file isn't needed and is bloating the archiver output directory. > > Why is the diff file not needed? This was requested by the community at > some point, is the diff including object and binaries? Can we exclude > those instead? > > Have you been talking with muhammad_shakeel@mentor.com, who is also > doing work in the archiver? > > Sau! > Yes, the diff includes whatever might be present in ${S} after do_package_write_rpm. The binary and object files could be filtered out, but I'm still unsure if there is anything of value contained in the diff that isn't already being archived. It sounds like muhammad_shakeel@mentor.com is busy getting the archiver working with SSTATE. I'll be sure to sync with him shortly. -Kevin