Re: [PATCH v14 00/10] rpm: 4.20.1 -> 6.0.2

["Gavini, Sumanth" <sumanth.gavini@windriver.com>]

On 8/15/2026 12:30 AM, Mathieu Dubois-Briand wrote:
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> On Sat Aug 15, 2026 at 4:16 AM CEST, Sumanth Gavini wrote:
>> On 8/13/2026 6:12 AM, Mathieu Dubois-Briand wrote:
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>>> On Thu Aug 13, 2026 at 1:48 AM CEST, Sumanth Gavini wrote:
>>>> * V14:
>>>>       - Dropped "rpm: filter /usr/bin/pkg-config from RPM auto-generated Requires"
>>>>       (pkgconfigdeps.sh patch). Per Ross Burton's review, instead of suppressing
>>>>       the /usr/bin/pkg-config emission, added:
>>>>         RPROVIDES:${PN} += "pkgconfig /usr/bin/pkg-config"
>>>>       to the pkgconf recipe so it satisfies the auto-generated Requires without
>>>>       modifying the upstream rpm script.
>>>>
>>>>      - Removed /usr/bin/pkg-config from nativesdk-sdk-provides-dummy.bb.
>>>>        RPM 6's internal dependency generator auto-detects file-level Provides
>>>>        from installed files, so nativesdk-pkgconf already provides
>>>>        /usr/bin/pkg-config via the wrapper script it installs. Keeping the
>>>>        dummy entry caused a DNF conflict during do_populate_sdk:
>>>>          nativesdk-sdk-provides-dummy conflicts with /usr/bin/pkg-config
>>>>          provided by nativesdk-pkgconf
>>>>
>>>>      - Added "libarchive: Disable RPM filter auto-bidding" (0005 patch).
>>>>        With both the RPM filter and RPM format reader registered, the filter
>>>>        intercepted RPM files first and failed to parse RPM 6 packages
>>>>        (debuginfod scanning still failed after the 0004 patch). Disabling the
>>>>        filter's automatic bidding lets the format reader handle RPM files,
>>>>        while archive_read_append_filter(ARCHIVE_FILTER_RPM) still works
>>>>        explicitly, keeping test_read_append_rpm_filter passing.
>>>>
>>>>      - Updated 0004-Convert-RPM-reader-into-a-proper-format.patch to include
>>>>        the test_read_format_huge_rpm.c changes from upstream PR #2846. This
>>>>        test now correctly exercises the format reader instead of the filter.
>>>>
>>>>      - Updated patches 7,9 and 10 for the latest master changes; no code
>>>>        changes; removed upstream modifications
>>>>
>>>>      Tests verified:
>>>>        - oe-selftest -r debuginfod.Debuginfod.test_debuginfod_qemu
>>>>        - oe-selftest -r debuginfod.Debuginfod.test_debuginfod_native
>>>>        - oe-selftest -r sdk.SDKTests.test_sdk_manifests
>>>>        - oe-selftest -r sdk.SDKTests.test_sdk_runqemu
>>>>        - bitbake core-image-ptest-libarchive:do_testimage
>>>>        - bitbake core-image-sato -c populate_sdk
>>>>        - bitbake core-image-sato-sdk:do_rootfs
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Sumanth,
>>>
>>> We again have some pkgconfig errors. I suspect it's the same issue as
>>> for the previous series: the generated recipe signatures are the same as
>>> before, so we are re-using old data from the sstate-cache.
>>>
>>> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/3/builds/4439
>>> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/8/builds/4413
>>>
>>> I also note a new failure:
>>>
>>> Error:
>>>    Problem 1: conflicting requests
>>>     - nothing provides /usr/bin/pkg-config needed by acl-dev-2.4.0-r0.cortexa57 from oe-repo
>>>    Problem 2: conflicting requests
>>>     - nothing provides /usr/bin/pkg-config needed by eudev-dev-3.2.14-r0.cortexa57 from oe-repo
>>>    Problem 3: conflicting requests
>>>     - nothing provides /usr/bin/pkg-config needed by kmod-dev-34.2-r0.cortexa57 from oe-repo
>>>    Problem 4: conflicting requests
>>>     - nothing provides /usr/bin/pkg-config needed by libz-dev-1.3.2-r0.cortexa57 from oe-repo
>>>    Problem 5: conflicting requests
>>>     - nothing provides /usr/bin/pkg-config needed by openssl-dev-3.5.7-r0.cortexa57 from oe-repo
>>>    Problem 6: conflicting requests
>>>     - nothing provides /usr/bin/pkg-config needed by util-linux-dev-2.42.2-r0.cortexa57 from oe-repo
>>>    Problem 7: conflicting requests
>>>     - nothing provides /usr/bin/pkg-config needed by xz-dev-5.8.3-r0.cortexa57 from oe-repo
>>> (try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--setopt=optional_metadata_types=filelists' to load additional filelists metadata)
>>>
>>> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/36/builds/4371
>>> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/61/builds/4269
>>> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/73/builds/4286
>>> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/110/builds/942
>>>
>>> As usual, the detailed configuration can be found in the "Write config"
>>> step.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Mathieu
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mathieu Dubois-Briand, Bootlin
>>> Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
>>> https://bootlin.com
>>>
>>
>> Hi Mathieu,
>>
>> Looks like this is an sstate reuse issue. The pkgconfigdeps.sh fix is in
>> the rpm recipe (used by both rpm and rpm-native via BBCLASSEXTEND), and
>> do_package_write_rpm does declare a proper dependency on
>> rpm-native:do_populate_sysroot. Despite that, I'm seeing the shared
>> sstate cache and hash-equivalence server serve prebuilt RPMs for zlib,
>> glib-2.0, etc. that predate the fix.
>>
>> I confirmed locally: disabling sstate mirrors and rebuilding from
>> scratch fixes it, no missing pkgconfig() Provides errors. Could you
>> retry with sstate disabled to confirm on your end?
>>
>> Thanks,
> 
> Hi Sumanth,
> 
> I did that already with the previous series, as stated in my comments
> there. Yes, disabling sstate or changing PR values mask the issue.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mathieu
> 
> 
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> Mathieu Dubois-Briand, Bootlin
> Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
> https://bootlin.com
> 
Hi Mathieu,

Thanks for the sstate feedback. I've sent v15 which adds two fixes to 
handle the pkgconfig sstate transition.

Please take a look and share the test results, Hopefully, it resolves 
all the pkgconfig and DNF issues.

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# Sumanth Gavini
# Wind River Linux