[yocto] inconsistent pages out there for setting up your yocto dev host

[Paul Eggleton]

On Wednesday 21 November 2012 23:01:22 Rifenbark, Scott M wrote:
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: yocto-bounces at yoctoproject.org [mailto:yocto-
> >bounces at yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Paul Eggleton
> >Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 2:51 PM
> >To: Robert P. J. Day
> >Cc: yocto at yoctoproject.org
> >Subject: Re: [yocto] inconsistent pages out there for setting up your
> >yocto dev host
> >
> >On Wednesday 21 November 2012 17:23:56 Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >>   i've noticed there are various web pages purporting to explain how
> >> 
> >> to set up a proper OE/yocto development host, but they give what is
> >> pretty clearly contradictory information.
> >> 
> >>   as one example, there's this page on getting started with OE:
> >> http://www.openembedded.org/wiki/Getting_started
> >
> >I produced this page recently; FWIW I also came up with the pared-down
> >package
> >lists that went into the Quick Start Guide which this page borrows. How
> >is
> >this contradictory if it uses the same information?
> >
> >> that claims to steal from a number of sources including the yocto QS
> >> guide, but look at the packages one is instructed to install on that
> >> page, particularly under fedora: python, perl, git, and so on.
> >
> >So I don't recall exactly how perl got on that list; but python and git
> >are
> >absolutely required on the host. That's why they're in ASSUME_PROVIDED.
> 
> Paul - Should I remove perl from the essentials list for fedora and centos?

Let's leave it there for the moment - you can't have git installed on either 
distro without perl anyway so it's not going to make too much difference.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre