[meta-freescale] [meta-fsl-ppc][PATCH v4 1/8] remove lm_sensor as it is already in meta-oe

[Otavio Salvador]

On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Liu Ting-B28495 <B28495 at freescale.com> wrote:
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>> Subject: Re: [meta-freescale] [meta-fsl-ppc][PATCH v4 1/8] remove
>> lm_sensor as it is already in meta-oe
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Liu Ting-B28495 <B28495 at freescale.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: otavio.salvador at gmail.com [mailto:otavio.salvador at gmail.com] On
>> >> Behalf Of Otavio Salvador
>> >> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 8:21 PM
>> >> To: Liu Ting-B28495
>> >> Cc: meta-freescale at yoctoproject.org
>> >> Subject: Re: [meta-freescale] [meta-fsl-ppc][PATCH v4 1/8] remove
>> >> lm_sensor as it is already in meta-oe
>> >>
>> >> On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 12:30 AM,  <b28495 at freescale.com> wrote:
>> >> > From: Ting Liu <b28495 at freescale.com>
>> >> >
>> >> > Signed-off-by: Ting Liu <b28495 at freescale.com>
>> >>
>> >> I have just checked the revision used in meta-oe and it is 'r1' so
>> >> you'll need to keep an bbappend to add PRINC otherwise we'll lost
>> upgrade path.
>> >>
>> >
>> > It is named as lmsensors-apps_3.3.2.bb in meta-fsl-ppc, and
>> > lmsensors_3.3.2.bb in meta-oe. But they are the same pkg. I think we
>> > can skip to bump PR as they are using 'different' recipe name.
>> > If it does not make sense, I will generate new patches.
>>
>> Regarding the PR you're right, good catch! However we need to take care
>> of binary packages. You should provide a RPROVIDES/RREPLACES/RCONFLICTS
>> for the binary packages which were renamed so the upgrade path works.
>>
>
> I think we can skip it too. They are identical, just with different name.
> RPROVIDES/RREPLACES/RCONFLICTS does not make sense. No one will install
> the two at the same time. They will find lmsensors-apps has gone away and
> use the one in meta-oe.

If someone has an image and has a lmsensors-apps-<foo> it will fail to
build. That's why you should have the overrides so the images will not
need to be changed to be kept working.

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