[yocto] [RFC] Upgrade to a package with all its dependency without network

[Khem Raj]

Marco

On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 12:41 AM, Marco <koansoftware at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> I need to be able to upgrade to a package with all its dependency chain on a
> target system that does not have access to the network.
>
> I'm trying to understand what may be the best and also the simplest
> solution.
> Perhaps there is already this functionality in OE/Yocto?
>
> I thought to implement a new opkg feture so that I can to generate the list
> of dependencies of a package and then extract the packages from OE/Yocto
> using a script or an application.
>
> Another possibility would be to extend the operation of bitbake so I pull
> out the package and dependencies putting them in a dedicated directory to be
> moved on the target for the update.
>
> For now I'm just analyzing what may be the possibilities and I'd love to
> have any comments or advice from someone more experienced than me on this
> topic.
>

I would say file a feature/enhancement request in Yocto bugzilla so it
does not get lost.