Re: [OE-core] why does EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES += "ptest-pkgs" not install *all* ptest pkgs?

[ChenQi <Qi.Chen@windriver.com>]

On 9/2/24 19:04, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Sep 2024, Richard Purdie wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 2024-09-02 at 06:39 -0400, Robert P. J. Day via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
>>>    i'm sure i've overlooked something silly, but in building a
>>> qemuarm64 image to demo ptest to some colleagues, poky by default sets
>>> the "ptest" DISTRO_FEATURES setting so all of the corresponding ptest
>>> packages are *built*, but when adding:
>>>
>>>    EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES += "ptest-pkgs"
>>>
>>> only *some* of the ptest packages are added to the image. eg: while
>>> bzip2-ptest is built, it is not added to the image, as are a number of
>>> other ptest packages. if i *explicitly* add that package, then it gets
>>> included.
>>>
>>>    is there some obvious reason that a number of ptest packages are not
>>> included in the resulting image, despite them being built?
>> In your example, was bzip2 actually in your image or was it only built?
>>
>> I suspect it only installs ptests for things actually in the image.
>    yup, i read in the ptest wiki page that the ptests are installed
> only when the associated regular package is also installed, and i did
> verify that bzip2 was installed.
>
>    oh, wait ... damn it ... just noticed that my build incorporates
> busybox, which probably gets in the way of installing *numerous*
> ptest packages that would normally be installed. does that sound like
> the culprit?
>
> rday

As far as I know, if bzip2 is brought in by some other package's ptest 
(e.g., A-ptest rdepends on bzip2), then bzip2-ptest will not be 
installed. It's not just ptest, all complementary packages have this 
problem.

Regards,

Qi

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