On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 10:27:15AM -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 3:28 PM, Cody Piersall <c...@arrc.ou.edu> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am building zsh from meta-oe layer, and it has a do_install_append()
> > function defined like this:
> >
> > do_install_append () {
> > rm -fr ${D}/usr/share
> > }
> >
> > which gets rid of lots lots of useful functionality, like
> > context-aware autocompletion. Can a bbappend file get rid of that
> > function, or do I need to edit the actual recipe? I've attempted
> > defining an empty do_install_append() { : } but it didn't work.
> >
>
> if its in a bbappend, there is not much you can do about undoing it except
> to not apply the bbappend or modify it directly.
>
> So you can send a patch to meta-oe to convince that its a good idea to keep
> /usr/share for zsh, or you can carry a local patch to meta-oe where you undo
> it
Perhaps instead of deleting it, it should be put in another package that
people can choose to install if they want it. Deleting it certainly
does seem rather unfortunate if someone actulally wanted it.
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Len Sorensen
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