[yocto] How and where does yocto find lighttpd-module-fastcgi?

[Wayne Witzke]

That makes perfect sense. Thank you very much for your help!

Wayne


On 03/09/2018 05:35 PM, Andre McCurdy wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 6:18 AM, Wayne Witzke <wwitzke at asgrp.com 
> <mailto:wwitzke at asgrp.com>> wrote:
>
>     Thank you for the reply!
>
>     When I wasn't adding lighttpd-module-fastcgi, it definitely was
>     not including it in the build.
>
>
> The lighttpd-module-fastcgi package is created (unconditionally) when 
> the lighttpd recipe is built (you can verify by checking the 
> installable packages under tmp/deploy/ after building lighttpd).
>
> However, since nothing in the default images has a runtime dependency 
> on lighttpd-module-fastcgi, that package will only be included in the 
> rootfs if you manually add it (e.g. by adding to 
> CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL, as you have done).
>
> ie you need to make the distinction between "is this package being 
> built" and "is this package being included in the rootfs when the 
> image is built".
>
>     I have the lighttpd.conf file set up use mod_fastcgi, and without
>     lighttpd-module-fastcgi in my local.conf file, lighttpd would fail
>     to start on the embedded build, complaining that it could not find
>     the fastcgi module. In fact, the same thing happens with php-cgi.
>     I can't find anyplace in any of the layers that I'm using that
>     actually references php-cgi as a package or option, but unless I
>     add it to local.conf using EXTRA_CORE_IMAGES_INSTALL, it doesn't
>     get included in the build.
>
>
> It's a similar story with the php-cgi package. It's created 
> (unconditionally) when the php recipe is built, but will not be 
> installed in the rootfs unless you add it to your image.
>
> The reason you don't find a direct reference to the string "php-cgi" 
> anywhere is because the php recipe defines it's list of packages in 
> terms of the "${PN}" variable. So the php recipe contains references 
> to "${PN}-cgi" but rather than "php-cgi".
>
>

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