[yocto] care when using remove_packaging_data_files

[Khem Raj]

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Chatre, Reinette
<reinette.chatre at intel.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am building an image using ipk packages. The minimal images all seem
> to set ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND to remove_packaging_data_files, which
> (for all package management systems) recursively removes the packages
> directory in /var/lib. This seems a bit harsh considering that some
> packages may still be in the unpacked state and thus have a script in
> that directory that needs to be run when the image boots.

hmmm what cased did you find ? is it possible to fix the recipe itself
to have those scripts post processed offline

>
> ipk seems to cleanup without the need of remove_packaging_data_files -
> rootfs_ipk.bbclass:rootfs_ipk_do_rootfs() checks if any packages are in
> unpacked state and then will delete the packages directory in /var/lib
> if nothing there is needed. I could not find similar actions in
> rootfs_deb.bbclass or rootfs_rpm.bbclass
>
> I am thus planning on proceeding with my minimal image without setting
> ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND, but it seems that minimal images based on
> rpm and deb may need some changes to avoid surprises.
>
> Reinette
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