OK thanks guys, that's what I though. I did hack 1 since I could, but good to know the hack 2. in case this ever happens for packages I'm not in control of.
Cheers, -Damien On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 11:20 AM Quentin Schulz < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Damienm > > On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 11:05:56AM +0300, Damien LEFEVRE wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Should it be possible to set PREFERRED_VERSION in the image definition > > files? > > > > Conceptually, no. An image recipe is a recipe. Global data is global and > local data is local. A recipe (image or package) set local data only. > > > I have 2 image files: > > - image1.bb > > - image2.bb : PREFERRED_VERSION_package_1.0.0 > > > > I have a package with 2 versions: > > - package_1.0.0.bb > > - package_1.1.0.bb > > > > Correct way is different distro or machine. Obviously the build impact > is high for such as small difference in images. > > Two possible hacks to me: > 1. package10_1.0.0.bb and package11_1.1.0.bb but then you need to manage > the dependencies inside recipes (those (r)depending on package10 or > package11). If it's a "final" package which isn't a dependency of > anything else except the image, that's actually not too bad. Then in the > image you add package10 or package11. > > 2. Have an intermediate recipe which RDEPENDS_${PN} += "package > (=1.1.0)" and the other on "package (=1.0.0)" and install this > intermediate recipe in the appropriate image. > > There are shortcomings in both hacks (otherwise they wouldn't be called > that way :) ). > > Quentin >
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