[yocto] gstreamer without X11?

[Burton, Ross]

On 14 January 2014 14:30, Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc.com> wrote:
> You can duplicate this with off-the-shelf Poky/Yocto.  Just disable x11
> in local.conf
>   DISTRO_FEATURES_remove = "x11"
> Then you'll get this error:
>   [gthomas at titan q_test]$ bitbake -e virtual/libx11
>   Loading cache: 100%
> |##################################################################################|
> ETA:  00:00:00
>   Loaded 1188 entries from dependency cache.
>   ERROR: Nothing PROVIDES 'virtual/libx11'
>
>   ERROR: libx11-diet PROVIDES virtual/libx11 but was skipped: missing
> required distro feature ['x11'] (not in DISTRO_FEATURES)
>   ERROR: libx11 PROVIDES virtual/libx11 but was skipped: missing required
> distro feature ['x11'] (not in DISTRO_FEATURES)
>   ERROR: nativesdk-libx11 PROVIDES virtual/libx11 but was skipped: missing
> required distro feature ['x11'] (not in DISTRO_FEATURES)
>
> Should I file a bitbake bug?

I can't see (although I'm no bitbake expert) why -e has to consider
dependencies.  For example, bitbake -e -b
../meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gst-plugins-base_0.10.36.bb with
x11 removed from DISTRO_FEATURES correctly shows PACKAGECONFIG="".

Filing a bug seems reasonable to me.

Ross