On Tue, 2014-01-21 at 22:39 +0000, Paul Eggleton wrote: > On Tuesday 21 January 2014 22:23:18 Richard Purdie wrote: > > On Tue, 2014-01-21 at 12:17 +0000, Paul Eggleton wrote: > > > The default value for HOMEPAGE of "unknown" has been in place since the > > > early OE-Classic days, but it doesn't really make sense - "unknown" is > > > not a valid URL and it just means we have to explicitly check for this > > > hardcoded string if we're displaying the value in some form of UI, such > > > as Toaster. There is some code in the unmaintained oelint.bbclass to > > > check for this value, presumably on the assumption that the recipe will > > > explicitly set it to "" if there really isn't a homepage, but looking at > > > recipes in OE-Core and meta-oe suggests that we haven't been using this > > > convention for some time (with one exception in the latter) and it's > > > rather uncommon these days to have no URL to associate with a recipe. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggle...@linux.intel.com> > > > --- > > > > > > meta/conf/bitbake.conf | 2 +- > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf > > > index 57668e1..4fb6a1c 100644 > > > --- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf > > > +++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf > > > @@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ This package contains documentation." > > > > > > LICENSE = "INVALID" > > > MAINTAINER = "OE-Core Developers > > > <openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org>"> > > > -HOMEPAGE = "unknown" > > > +HOMEPAGE = "" > > > > Perhaps we just shouldn't set it at all in bitbake.conf and let recipes > > elect to set it? > > Maybe, but I think that alone isn't necessarily enough because then > converting > the value to a string gives you "None" (and this is what happens with the rpm > backend).
Lets fix the rpm backend then ;-) Cheers, Richard _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core