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

Joshua Lock josh at linux.intel.com
Thu Feb 2 13:11:19 PST 2012


On 02/02/12 11:32, Darren Hart wrote:
> On 02/02/2012 11:24 AM, Joshua Lock wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 02/02/12 10:24, Darren Hart wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 02/01/2012 02:40 PM, 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?
>>>
>>> Oops. I didn't intend to leave it commented. I'm also no sure how to
>>> decide which "SECTION" to put it in. Is there some definitive list from
>>> which to select an appropriate SECTION? Uncommented in my local branch
>>> for now.
>>
>> I think there was an agreement to drop this field. It's not especially
>> useful and there's not definitive list that I'm aware of.

Apologies. I'm wrong here. It was PRIORITY which we agreed to drop.

By taking a brief glance over the metadata I'd probably suggest either 
utils or console/utils - I'm not certain if one is preferred.

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



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