Re: [OE-core] [PATCH v2] json-c: upgrade 0.18 -> 0.19

["Mathieu Dubois-Briand" <mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com>]

On Wed Jul 1, 2026 at 11:02 AM CEST, Moritz Haase via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> Release notes are available at [0].
>
> Newly added tests (see [1]) require the 'json_parse' app at (test) runtime.
> Thus, apps are now being built and the 'json_parse' app is deployed in the
> 'ptest' package. We do not package the apps separately as upstream doesn't
> consider them to be ready for that (see [2]). This approach is based on the
> discussion in [3].
>
> [0]: https://github.com/json-c/json-c/blob/json-c-0.19/ChangeLog
> [1]: https://github.com/json-c/json-c/blob/d9d8cab82291637671f6c90cf06e578750a08718/tests/test_json_parse_cli.test#L18
> [2]: https://github.com/json-c/json-c/blob/d9d8cab82291637671f6c90cf06e578750a08718/apps/CMakeLists.txt#L122-L124
> [3]: https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/topic/120026557#
>

Hi Moritz,

Thanks for the new version.

>  do_install_ptest() {
> -    install -d ${D}/${PTEST_PATH}/tests
> +    install -d ${D}/${PTEST_PATH}/{apps,tests}
> +
> +    # The 'json_parse_cli' test executes the 'json_parse' app via '../apps/json_parse', so we
> +    # package it accordingly.
> +    install ${B}/apps/json_parse ${D}/${PTEST_PATH}/apps
> +

It looks like install task is failing on the autouilder:

ERROR: json-c-0.19-r0 do_install_ptest_base: Execution of '/srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/qemux86-64-x32/build/build/tmp/work/x86_64_x32-poky-linux-gnux32/json-c/0.19/temp/run.do_install_ptest_base.1456696' failed with exit code 1
...
| install: target '/srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/qemux86-64-x32/build/build/tmp/work/x86_64_x32-poky-linux-gnux32/json-c/0.19/image//usr/lib/json-c/ptest/tests': No such file or directory
| WARNING: exit code 1 from a shell command.

https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/11/builds/4006
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/22/builds/4068
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/61/builds/3946
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/73/builds/3959

Can you have a look at the issue?

Thanks,
Mathieu

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