[yocto] Removing busybox

[Tom Rini]

On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 06:47:52PM +0000, Burton, Ross wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 at 18:45, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
> > OK, so I've kicked things a bit harder again, and here's what I see as
> > the (small) rub.
> > $ git grep hddimg meta/conf/
> > meta/conf/machine/include/x86-base.inc:IMAGE_FSTYPES ?= "hddimg"
> >
> > So yes, we can do a test with qemux86/qemux86-64 and documenting this in
> > local.conf.sample is good (and a packagegroup that gives more 1:1
> > functionality is on my TODO list somewhere).  But it's also true that
> > we'll get people with "I can't remove busybox and I tried what it says"
> > posts since blindly pulling in hddimg gives at least:
> > ERROR: Nothing RPROVIDES 'busybox-mdev' (but
> > /home/trini/work/OE/oe-core/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/initramfs-framework_1.0.bb
> > RDEPENDS on or otherwise requires it)
> >
> > That's the point I want to make, after throwing out a quick test build
> > dir.
> 
> Sure, so the instructions include "don't use hddimg" until we've a way
> of not using busybox in the initramfs.

Yes, I think including a comment about making it clear initramfs' still
need busybox should be enough of a crumb to help users out.  As a
separate thread maybe we should talk about dumping initramfs' from the
default x86 inc file, but that is indeed separate.

-- 
Tom
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