[yocto] [OE-core] [PATCH v2 1/2] package.bbclass: add prohibited-path qa test

Alexander Kanavin alexander.kanavin at linux.intel.com
Tue Nov 14 04:54:09 PST 2017


On 11/14/2017 02:47 PM, Alexander Kanavin wrote:

> I think this situation is an image configuration problem, not a package 
> qa problem. If a package wants to install something in a location that 
> is deemed inappropriate by the local config, there's a reason behind it, 
> the fix may not be easy to develop, and will likely be useless or even 
> unacceptable to other users of the recipe. It's better to reconfigure 
> the mount points.

Oh and another point I forgot: some files are created at do_rootfs time 
when packages are installed onto the image, so they won't be caught by 
this check at all. Better to do it at the last moment.

Alex



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