Re: [OE-core][dunfell 1/8] Revert "package: get_package_mapping: avoid dependency mapping if renamed package provides original name"

Richard Purdie
2020-10-17T07:55:21Z

On Fri, 2020-10-16 at 04:34 -1000, Steve Sakoman wrote:
> I've included this revert patch for comment because I have gotten
> several requests to revert and I'd like wider discussion of the
> issue.
>
> At the moment wireguard is the only known recipe that is failing and
> there are no proposed fixes.
>
> If you are aware of recipes in other layers that are affected, please
> let me know.
>
> And if someone would like to tackle fixing wireguard in
> meta-openembedded that would be much preferred to a revert.

It would also be good to know if the issue exists on master or not. I'm
worried we may have the issue there as well which is a reason I'd
favour looking into and understanding this rather than blindly
reverting. I've not seen anyone have a full understanding of what the
issue is as yet.

Cheers,

Richard