On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 01:38:23PM +1200, Paul Eggleton wrote: > On Mon, 18 Apr 2016 21:01:27 Denys Dmytriyenko wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 10:35:29AM +1200, Paul Eggleton wrote: > > > Hi Denys, > > > On Mon, 18 Apr 2016 18:14:55 Denys Dmytriyenko wrote: > > > > I'm still using the old-style SDK (meta-toolchain) for our products due > > > > to some code customizations in it and some of our use cases rely on the > > > > opkg package management database being present in sysroots, so packages > > > > can be manipulated in SDK with opkg command. It appears that > > > > /var/lib/opkg is now empty and the package database is no longer > > > > supplied with the SDK. > > > > > > > > I know about the new-style populate_sdk and the even newer Extensible > > > > SDK, but not yet ready to convert our old use cases to that. Since there > > > > were lots of changes around the way SDKs work in OE-Core in the past > > > > couple releases, I'm failing to find the change that causes opkg DB to > > > > be missing from the old style SDK. I'll appreciate any pointers in > > > > helping me debug and/or fix this issue with my SDKs. Thanks. > > > > > > As far as ipk is concerned I think it was this commit: > > > http://cgit.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/commit/?id=c8e0ec2da9ad4c > > > e1c103966906a85f68c15400dd> > > > Unfortunately it wasn't made optional. > > > > Thanks, Paul! > > > > Unfortunately, the change is in the library, which is quite difficult to > > override in another layer... > > > > Will there be any objections for making that change optional with the > > default being like it is now, but with the ability to restore the old way > > with a variable? > > As long as we make it have the same effect across the three different package > managers, no objection from me at least. Thinking about it we could even make > it switch based on package-management being in SDKIMAGE_FEATURES and then it > would be consistent with how it works for images as well.
Hi, Paul, I submitted a patch yesterday to make the discussed change - can you please review and provide feedback? Thanks. -- Denys -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core