[yocto] non empty package group

[Paul Eggleton]

On Wednesday 16 April 2014 16:54:11 Katu Txakur wrote:
> I have some recipes that generate multiple packages.
> I also have a package group that groups all the recipes.
> I would like to use the package created with the packagegroup recipe to
> install all the files coming from my recipes into the target system. The
> aim is to have one package that will install/update all the binaries,
> libraries and config of the recipes included in the packagegroup.
> How can I include all the files in the recipes added to REDEPENDS of the
> package group into the package to do this?
> I've tried RPROVIDES but the .ipk package created from the
> mypackagegroup.bbrecipe doesn't include any of the files.

If your packagegroup recipe does "inherit packagegroup" and sets 
RDEPENDS_${PN} to depend upon the packages within the group, that will ensure 
that the packages get installed when the packagegroup's package is installed.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre