[yocto] Removing syslogd form busybox

[Andre McCurdy]

On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 10:53 AM, Simon Chamlian <simon.chamlian at mpbc.ca> wrote:
> So what you are saying is I need to update busybox to be able to remove
> syslog from it?

Depends on what you mean by "update". Backporting a patch is generally
considered updating, but I guess you could argue either way.

What I'm saying is that upstream oe-core contains a change to the
busybox recipe which makes it easier to disable busybox syslog. It's
up to you whether you try to backport that change or whether you come
up with your own solution. Both ways can be made to work.

> Also I noticed 2 syslogd:
> /sbin/syslogd
> /usr/lib/opkg/alternatives/syslogd
>
> /sbin/syslogd is a link to busybox.
>
> What is /usr/lib/opkg/alternatives/syslogd   ?
>
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>
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 4:47 PM, Andre McCurdy <armccurdy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 1:07 PM, Simon Chamlian <simon.chamlian at mpbc.ca>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > When I removing syslogd from busybox, I can compile with no error
>> >
>> > $ bitbake -c compile busybox
>> > Loading cache: 100% |####################################| Time: 0:00:01
>> > Loaded 3082 entries from dependency cache.
>> > WARNING: No bb files matched BBFILE_PATTERN_phytec
>> > '^/opt/PHYTEC_BSPs/yocto_imx7/sources/meta-phytec/common/'
>> > NOTE: Resolving any missing task queue dependencies
>> >
>> > Build Configuration:
>> > BB_VERSION        = "1.32.0"
>> > BUILD_SYS         = "x86_64-linux"
>> > NATIVELSBSTRING   = "Ubuntu-16.04"
>> > TARGET_SYS        = "arm-poky-linux-gnueabi"
>> > MACHINE           = "imx7d-phyboard-zeta-001"
>> > DISTRO            = "fsl-imx-x11"
>> > DISTRO_VERSION    = "4.9.11-1.0.0"
>> > TUNE_FEATURES     = "arm armv7ve vfp  neon        callconvention-hard
>> > cortexa7"
>> > TARGET_FPU        = "hard"
>> > meta
>> > meta-poky         = "HEAD:78890ea22750804e3e9113e76f7ca3d7234c8342"
>> > meta-oe
>> > meta-multimedia
>> > meta-webserver    = "HEAD:fe5c83312de11e80b85680ef237f8acb04b4b26e"
>> > meta-freescale    = "HEAD:a398b50b7fc084a9e68cc3000c218d5028522a25"
>> > meta-freescale-3rdparty =
>> > "HEAD:68314612e236cab1da82d72a0da62635a3523f84"
>> > meta-freescale-distro = "HEAD:cd5c7a2539f40004f74126e9fdf08254fd9a6390"
>> > meta-bsp
>> > meta-sdk          = "HEAD:daba3340ecd8b358e0c6c415baeee0fcae95c525"
>> > meta-browser      = "HEAD:10f6e3778d823ee1be106c126216c6f941088fbf"
>> > meta-gnome
>> > meta-networking
>> > meta-python
>> > meta-filesystems  = "HEAD:fe5c83312de11e80b85680ef237f8acb04b4b26e"
>> > meta-qt5          = "HEAD:ff073f04109900fc07bf81e2f1df63c626caf342"
>> > meta-phytec
>> > meta-phytec-fsl   = "HEAD:f9897a4e06f43184a71d315cec4a412a28baa59b"
>> >
>> > WARNING:
>> >
>> > /opt/PHYTEC_BSPs/yocto_imx7/sources/poky/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_1.24.1.bb.do_compile
>> > is tainted from a forced run
>> > | ETA:  0:00:01
>> > Initialising tasks: 100%
>> >
>> > |###########################################################################################################################################################################|
>> > Time: 0:00:01
>> > NOTE: Executing SetScene Tasks
>> > NOTE: Executing RunQueue Tasks
>> > NOTE: Tasks Summary: Attempted 234 tasks of which 232 didn't need to be
>> > rerun and all succeeded.
>> >
>> > Summary: There were 2 WARNING messages shown.
>> >
>> >
>> > When I build my image for my machine, I am getting 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.30442
>> > 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'
>> >
>> > Any hints?
>>
>> It looks like you're using morty, which pre-dates busybox syslog
>> "officially" being made optional:
>>
>>
>> http://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/commit/?id=9732a2ba2edf2607e61ae4fe0d65a02b7918cfe7
>>
>> If you can't update to a newer release you could try backporting the
>> above commit.
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