[yocto] [pull-sys940x 2/4] ranpwd: Add ranpwd recipe

[Joshua Lock]

On 02/02/12 10:26, Darren Hart wrote:
>
>
> On 02/01/2012 11:22 PM, Martin Jansa wrote:
>> On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 02:40:05PM -0800, Joshua Lock wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 01/02/12 14:26, Darren Hart wrote:
>>>> ranpwd is used to generate random strings of various types, including
>>>> passwords, UUIDs, and MAC addresses.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Darren Hart<dvhart at linux.intel.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>    meta-sys940x/recipes-extended/ranpwd/ranpwd_git.bb |   23 ++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>    1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>>>    create mode 100644 meta-sys940x/recipes-extended/ranpwd/ranpwd_git.bb
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/meta-sys940x/recipes-extended/ranpwd/ranpwd_git.bb b/meta-sys940x/recipes-extended/ranpwd/ranpwd_git.bb
>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>> index 0000000..66fcc26
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/meta-sys940x/recipes-extended/ranpwd/ranpwd_git.bb
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
>>>> +DESCRIPTION = "Random password generator"
>>>> +#SECTION = "utilities"
>>>
>>> We may as well delete this line, no?
>>>
>>>> +LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
>>>> +LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://ranpwd.c;beginline=1;endline=11;md5=0e8585e19117526efedfaeb50c345d7a"
>>>> +PR = "r0"
>>>> +
>>>> +inherit autotools
>>>> +
>>>> +SRC_URI = "git://git.zytor.com/utils/ranpwd.git"
>>>> +SRCREV = "b62aab579e288715b82d5575befaa2b8ff210c2b"
>>
>> What about PV? Do you really want just "git"?
>
> There is a 1.1 and 1.2 tag in the git repository. However, some of the
> MAC related features come well after 1.2 with no subsequent tag. For
> this reason I left it as "git". Is there a better way to do this? Should
> I call it 1.2+ or something?

The PV determined from the SRC_URI is simply git. Martin is suggesting 
you might want to set it to something different in the recipe to give a 
more meaningful (and useful) value i.e:

meta/recipes-connectivity/gypsy/gypsy_git.bb:PV = "0.8+git${SRCPV}"

Cheers,
Joshua
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Joshua Lock
         Yocto Project "Johannes factotum"
         Intel Open Source Technology Centre