From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from relay1.mentorg.com ([192.94.38.131]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OUM8X-0002u5-4A for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:57:14 +0200 Received: from svr-orw-exc-08.mgc.mentorg.com ([147.34.98.97]) by relay1.mentorg.com with esmtp id 1OUM3v-00027D-5x from Tom_Rini@mentor.com for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:52:27 -0700 Received: from na2-mail.mgc.mentorg.com ([134.86.114.213]) by SVR-ORW-EXC-08.mgc.mentorg.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Thu, 1 Jul 2010 08:52:26 -0700 Received: from [172.30.80.201] ([172.30.80.201]) by na2-mail.mgc.mentorg.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Thu, 1 Jul 2010 09:52:25 -0600 Message-ID: <4C2CB9B6.1010509@mentor.com> Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:52:22 -0700 From: Tom Rini Organization: Mentor Graphics Corporation User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20100411) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org References: <4C2AC77A.70102@gmail.com> <4C2ACDE8.7080801@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Jul 2010 15:52:25.0859 (UTC) FILETIME=[66C8D530:01CB1935] X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 192.94.38.131 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: Tom_Rini@mentor.com X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on discovery X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:20:07 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on linuxtogo.org) Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] opkg recipe overhaul - removal of opkg-nogpg and opkg-nogpg-nocurl. X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:57:14 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Koen Kooi wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 01-07-10 16:55, Enrico Scholz wrote: >> Graham Gower writes: >> >>> None of the distros in OE >> At least the openmoko SHR distribution fetches ipkg from network and >> requires curl support hence. > > That's not true, with curl disabled, it calls (busybox) wget. > >>> appear to want/need gpg or curl support in opkg; so have opkg.inc >>> remove them by default. >> I do not think that supporting only offline mode (due to removal of >> curl support) is a good idea. Although the opportunistic signature >> verification is not secure, it would be imo bad to remove gpg support >> completely because updating embedded devices in a secure manner is >> important. >> >> A better way might be to conditionalize your '--disable-*' options >> resp. make them depend on some DISTRO_FEATURE. > > Introducing USE flags would be a step backwards, so NAK on that. Increasing (or decreasing...) USE flags, now there's a topic for the TSC... -- Tom Rini Mentor Graphics Corporation