Hi Quentin, Thanks for the advice!
On 1/11/22 7:46 PM, Quentin Schulz wrote: > Hi Michael, > > On January 11, 2022 11:38:06 AM GMT+01:00, Michael Opdenacker > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello >> >> I'm working on adding the wiki guidelines for dealing with pre-compiled >> libraries >> (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TipsAndTricks/Packaging_Prebuilt_Libraries#Versioned_Libraries) >> into the main documentation. >> >> I'm trying to test the example recipe, but the latest pre-compiled >> versions of libft4422.so are now available in >> https://ftdichip.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/libft4222-linux-1.4.4.44.zip, >> which actually contains a .tgz file! >> >> I know that's absurd, but how would you handle this case? Through a >> custom "do_unpack" task in the recipe? >> > IMO that makes it unsuitable for the docs as we strive to have "simple" > examples and having some custom unpack task seems a bit too much to me. > Anyway, just my 2ยข and I don't have any other prebuilt lib to suggest as > replacement right now. Right, I was thinking of leaving this aside, and just working with a local archive instead, as fetching the files is not the primary concern here. > > Back to the topic: > I think you could have an :append for do_unpack and probably call oe_unpack ( > https://github.com/openembedded/openembedded/blob/fabd8e6d07d3cd0cc93c2a0fc804f8c8f316c649/classes/base.bbclass#L158) > on this specific file (after it's been unzipped), or even call unpack_file > from the OE libs directly ( > https://github.com/openembedded/openembedded/blob/fabd8e6d07d3cd0cc93c2a0fc804f8c8f316c649/lib/oe/unpack.py#L50) > like oe_unpack is doing. Be aware though that since it is a Python task, > your :append shall be Python code too. > > Maybe there's another way but I don't see it right now. Many thanks. It's good to have this idea at least documented in the mailing list archives. That's good for my own understanding too. I didn't think about appends. Thanks again Michael. -- Michael Opdenacker, Bootlin Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering https://bootlin.com
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