On Friday 05 December 2014 16:30:44 Otavio Salvador wrote: > On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Paul Eggleton > > <paul.eggle...@linux.intel.com> wrote: > > Since the split out of git-perltools, some git tools (such as "git am", > > "git send-email" and "git-submodule") have no longer been part of the > > buildtools. We need these, so add them back in. > > > > However, adding git-perltools to buildtools triggers perl itself being > > brought into buildtools as well, and we don't want that; but we also > > don't want to have to hack the git recipe or indeed anything else that > > starts depending on perl. Thus, add a dummy package which gets installed > > in its place, in a separate package architecture that is only enabled > > for buildtools to ensure it doesn't start appearing in place of > > nativesdk-perl anywhere else. > > > > Fixes [YOCTO #7033]. > > > > Signed-off-by: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggle...@linux.intel.com> > > This dummy thing looks like a hack to me :-(
Perhaps - I'm all ears for an alternative solution, but it absolutely has to be fixed, and soon. Shipping an incomplete git (or incomplete perl) in buildtools basically defeats a major part of having the thing in the first place. Cheers, Paul -- Paul Eggleton Intel Open Source Technology Centre -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core