[yocto] Package naming "exceptions" in Yocto

[Paul Eggleton]

Hi Elena,

On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 07:43:19 Reshetova, Elena wrote:
> I have a small question about "exceptional" names of packages in yocto/OE.
> Kernel package is being one example with the name "linux-yocto" vs.
> traditional "linux_kernel".
> 
> Are there more such yocto-specific packages (of course excluding FW and
> other bsp-related packages)? A look over the package list didn't reveal any,
> but I wanted to double check.
> 
> The reason I am asking is that in case when we try to determine the package
> CVEs against the NVD database, in these particular exception cases, we
> probably want to check not only "linux-yocto", but also "linux_kernel" open
> package CVEs with regards to specified version to make sure we cover as much
> as we can.

FYI we do have meta/conf/distro/include/distro_alias.inc which sets 
DISTRO_PN_ALIAS for each recipe, which is intended to help map to the names 
used in other distros. Will that work?

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre