Re: [PATCH 03/10] man-db: fix multilib install file conflict

[Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Sat, 2018-09-29 at 13:43 +0800, kai.kang@windriver.com wrote:
> From: Kai Kang <kai.kang@windriver.com>
> 
> The first line of config file man_db.conf is the package name. It
> causes
> multilib install file conflict. So remove the first line.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kai Kang <kai.kang@windriver.com>
> ---
>  meta/recipes-extended/man-db/man-db_2.8.3.bb | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/man-db/man-db_2.8.3.bb
> b/meta/recipes-extended/man-db/man-db_2.8.3.bb
> index 97e5a3d6fb..da6d291011 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-extended/man-db/man-db_2.8.3.bb
> +++ b/meta/recipes-extended/man-db/man-db_2.8.3.bb
> @@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ do_install() {
>  	        install -d ${D}/etc/default/volatiles
>  		install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/99_mandb
> ${D}/etc/default/volatiles
>  	fi
> +
> +    # the 1st line of man_db.conf is package name which causes
> multilib install file conflict
> +    sed -i '1d' ${D}${sysconfdir}/man_db.conf
>  }

Please do this with a patch, not a sed expression.

The sed expressions are a maintenance nightmare since we don't know
if/when the config file may change, or if/when this expression stops
working.

Cheers,

Richard