[yocto] non empty package group

[Katu Txakur]

Hi Paul,

Thanks a lot for your help. I'm sure that there is a good reason why that's
not the way it works. I will continue then using individual packages for
updates/installation.

Regards,
Katu


2014-04-16 17:34 GMT+01:00 Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com>:

> On Wednesday 16 April 2014 17:28:45 Katu Txakur wrote:
> > 2014-04-16 17:17 GMT+01:00 Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com
> >:
> > > On Wednesday 16 April 2014 17:09:19 Katu Txakur wrote:
> > > > yes, it does "inherit packagegroup" and all the packages are
> installed.
> > > > What I would like to have is a mypackagegroup.ipk that I can copy to
> any
> > > > system to install all the files, binaries.... in those recipes using
> > > > "opkg install mypackage.ipk"
> > > > The problem that I have is that the files, binaries... of the
> recipes in
> > > > RDEPENDS_${PN} are not included in the mypackagegroup.ipk. Do you
> know
> > > > how can I include them?
> > >
> > > opkg and similar package managers simply aren't designed to work like
> > > that; it's expected that both devices would have access to the same
> > > package feeds and therefore you would just install the packagegroup
> > > package on each system in the same way.
> >
> > I see, but I don't want to feed the package from a repo, I just want to
> > include all the files in the package.
> > I'm now trying to set
> > PREFERRED_PROVIDER_each-recipe = "mypackagegroup"
> > hoping that it will change the location of the files from their
> individual
> > recipes/packages to the packagegroup.
> > I've just cleaned the entire tmp folder, I will find out tomorrow if this
> > worked.
>
> It isn't as simple as that, that just selects between providers but there
> is
> nothing to actually make the "mypackagegroup" recipe actually provide
> anything. The files would need to actually be produced as part of the
> packagegroup recipe, and then it isn't really a packagegroup anymore.
>
> I'm afraid our system just isn't designed to work this way. I'm sure it
> could
> be made to, but it would require some additional work.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
>
> --
>
> Paul Eggleton
> Intel Open Source Technology Centre
>
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