Re: [OE-core] [PATCH] gzip: upgrade 1.13 -> 1.14

[Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>]

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On 4/22/25 8:36 AM, Richard Purdie via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> On Tue, 2025-04-22 at 17:24 +0200, Alexander Kanavin via
> lists.openembedded.org wrote:
>> On Thu, 17 Apr 2025 at 12:21, leimaohui via lists.openembedded.org
>> <leimaohui=fujitsu.com@lists.openembedded.org> wrote:
>>> +Subject: [PATCH] tests/reference: fix invalid option of od issue
>>> +
>>> +ptest issue:
>>> +| od: invalid option -- 'A'
>>> +| BusyBox v1.37.0 () multi-call binary.
>>
>> Instead of working around busybox od limitations with a patch, ptest
>> package should rdepend on coreutils to pull in the real original od.
> 
> Agreed, I've been meaning to reply to say exactly this!
> 

Consider other side of this as well.
Many embedded systems do use busybox heavily, imposing dependencies for 
tests like this would mean ptests are less relevant for such usecases 
since bringing coreutils might also shunt other busybox utilities along 
the way.

I would ask this patch to be proposed to gzip upstream first though.

> Cheers,
> 
> Richard
> 
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