Re: [OE-core] [PATCH v7 1/7] package_rpm.bbclass: Drop external dependency generator to support rpm 6

Mathieu Dubois-Briand
2026-03-09T07:16:10Z

On Mon Mar 9, 2026 at 8:04 AM CET, Mathieu Dubois-Briand wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
> I ran a build, not with your gettext patch, but with the one from the
> glibc upgrade by Hemanth. We still had similar errors.
>
> Any opinion?
>
> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/3/builds/3378
> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/25/builds/3330
> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/26/builds/3302
> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/40/builds/3307
>
> Thanks,
> Mathieu

I also note a lot of selftest failures, that are probably related. Like
this one:

2026-03-08 19:02:19,088 - oe-selftest - INFO - debuginfod.Debuginfod.test_debuginfod_qemu (subunit.RemotedTestCase)
2026-03-08 19:02:19,088 - oe-selftest - INFO - ... FAIL
...
[Sun Mar 8 18:59:18 2026] (1950649/1950690): cannot open archive from pipe /srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/oe-selftest-armhost/build/build-st-1129110/tmp-debuginfod/work/cortexa57-poky-linux/xz/5.8.2/localpkgfeed/cortexa57/xz-locale-pt-5.8.2-r0.cortexa57.rpm
[Sun Mar 8 18:59:18 2026] (1950649/1950690): libarchive error: cannot open archive from pipe: Unrecognized archive format
[Sun Mar 8 18:59:18 2026] (1950649/1950690): exceptions encountered during archive scan
[Sun Mar 8 18:59:18 2026] (1950649/1950695): cannot open archive from pipe /srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/oe-selftest-armhost/build/build-st-1129110/tmp-debuginfod/work/cortexa57-poky-linux/xz/5.8.2/localpkgfeed/cortexa57/bash-locale-sr-5.3-r0.cortexa57.rpm
[Sun Mar 8 18:59:18 2026] (1950649/1950690): cannot open archive from pipe /srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/oe-selftest-armhost/build/build-st-1129110/tmp-debuginfod/work/cortexa57-poky-linux/xz/5.8.2/localpkgfeed/cortexa57/bash-locale-hr-5.3-r0.cortexa57.rpm
[Sun Mar 8 18:59:18 2026] (1950649/1950691): cannot open archive from pipe /srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/oe-selftest-armhost/build/build-st-1129110/tmp-debuginfod/work/cortexa57-poky-linux/xz/5.8.2/localpkgfeed/cortexa57/xz-locale-nl-5.8.2-r0.cortexa57.rpm
[Sun Mar 8 18:59:18 2026] (1950649/1950691): libarchive error: cannot open archive from pipe: Unrecognized archive format
[Sun Mar 8 18:59:18 2026] (1950649/1950691): exceptions encountered during archive scan
[Sun Mar 8 18:59:18 2026] (1950649/1950688): cannot open archive from pipe /srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/oe-selftest-armhost/build/build-st-1129110/tmp-debuginfod/work/cortexa57-poky-linux/xz/5.8.2/localpkgfeed/cortexa57/bash-locale-pt-br-5.3-r0.cortexa57.rpm
[Sun Mar 8 18:59:18 2026] (1950649/1950688): libarchive error: cannot open archive from pipe: Unrecognized archive format
[Sun Mar 8 18:59:18 2026] (1950649/1950690): libarchive error: cannot open archive from pipe: Unrecognized archive format
[Sun Mar 8 18:59:18 2026] (1950649/1950690): exceptions encountered during archive scan
[Sun Mar 8 18:59:18 2026] (1950649/1950694): cannot open archive from pipe /srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/oe-selftest-armhost/build/build-st-1129110/tmp-debuginfod/work/cortexa57-poky-linux/xz/5.8.2/localpkgfeed/cortexa57/liblzma5-5.8.2-r0.cortexa57.rpm

https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/48/builds/3254
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/35/builds/3362
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/23/builds/3482

Thanks,
Mathieu

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Mathieu Dubois-Briand, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering