Re: [OE-core] [meta-oe][PATCH v3] sudo: split into smaller tools package

Bruce Ashfield
2020-12-15T21:07:20Z

On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 3:09 PM Sinan Kaya <okaya@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On 12/15/2020 2:57 PM, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
> >> Interesting, I didn't know that RRECOMMENDS can be turned off.
> >> I was hoping to do a non-invasive change for existing users.
> > A good goal!
> >
> > It's this variable:
> > https://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/current/mega-manual/mega-manual.html#var-NO_RECOMMENDATIONS
>
> Would you be interested in setting it as default for the tiny distro
> with a patch?

I'm not the maintainer of that reference distro, but if something
really wants to control what is install and not have optional things
creep in, turning off the recommends is a good idea.

It would have to be run through some tests of course, because
something may be relying on those packages.