[yocto] Smart runtime package manager

[Paul Eggleton]

On Monday 06 January 2014 17:27:20 Tarek El-Sherbiny wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 1:57 PM, Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com
> wrote:
> > On Sunday 05 January 2014 14:20:40 Tarek El-Sherbiny wrote:
> > > I'm trying to learn how smart works. I've been successful to create a
> > > repo, update and install from it. Is there smart install option to force
> > > install all the more recent packages without having to type the package
> > > name for each individual package?
> > > Something like update all to bring the target up-to-date in single
> > > command.
> > 
> > "smart upgrade" should do this.
>
> Thanks Paul.
> I have another question. For smart to detect a new package version is
> available I think I have to bump the PR of the recipe. If there is another
> package that depends on it "e.g statically linking the library" bitbake
> will rebuild it but it wont bump the PR automatically.  Is there a
> mechanism for bumping the PR not only for the modified package but also for
> all the packages that depends on it?

Yes, you should enable the PR service:

http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/current/dev-manual/dev-manual.html#working-with-a-pr-service

Cheers,
Paul

PS: Please keep replies on the mailing list - thanks.

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre