[yocto] To remove packages from busybox

[Andre McCurdy]

On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 1:29 PM, Simon Chamlian <simon.chamlian at mpbc.ca> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In order to remove package from busybox, I used:
>
> $ bitbake  -c menuconfig busybox
>
> Under 'System Logging Itilities -->' I unchecked syslogd
>
> Then ran
> $ bitbake   busybox
>
> and I get the following error:
>
> WARNING: busybox-1.24.1-r0 do_package: busybox: alternative target
> (/etc/syslog.conf or /etc/syslog.conf.busybox) does not exist, skipping...
> WARNING: busybox-1.24.1-r0 do_package: busybox: NOT adding alternative
> provide /etc/syslog.conf: /etc/syslog.conf.busybox does not exist
>
> ERROR: busybox-1.24.1-r0 do_package: SYSTEMD_SERVICE_busybox-syslog value
> busybox-syslog.service does not exist
>
>
> ERROR: busybox-1.24.1-r0 do_package: Function failed:
> systemd_populate_packages
>
>
> ERROR: Logfile of failure stored in:
> /opt/PHYTEC_BSPs/yocto_imx7/build/tmp/work/cortexa7hf-neon-poky-linux-gnueabi/busybox/1.24.1-r0/temp/log.do_package.30881
>
> ERROR: Task
> (/opt/PHYTEC_BSPs/yocto_imx7/sources/poky/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_1.24.1.bb:do_package)
> failed with exit code '1'
>
> NOTE: Tasks Summary: Attempted 711 tasks of which 705 didn't need to be
> rerun and 1 failed.
>
> What am I doing wrong?

The "correct" way to disable syslog support in busybox would probably
be to create a .bbappend which contains:

  SRC_URI_remove = "file://syslog.conf"

ie you would remove the config fragment which enables syslog from SRC_URI.

However, customising busybox like that gets almost no testing, so
there could certainly still be bugs.