On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Paul Barker <p...@paulbarker.me.uk> wrote:
> On 30 October 2014 19:15, Michael Gloff <mgl...@emacinc.com> wrote: > > As Paul mentioned yesterday opkg 0.2.4 is on it's way and 0.2.3 has been > > available for 2 months. If there are not any objections, I have an > updated > > recipe and re-created previous patches that I could send. This should > also > > modify opkg-colateral to use the new syntax for lists_dir. > > I'm also sat on tested patches, I was planning to send them tomorrow. > I've held the patches back as the deadline for such changes for OE 1.7 > had passed. > Thanks Paul. I'll wait for your patch set. I hit send before checking inbox. > > > I would also at this time like to propose changing the default list > > directory from /var/lib to something else (/usr/lib ?). On a read only > > rootfs, everything in /var/lib/ gets mounted on the tmpfs, therefore > > packages installed get lost. > > Changes in v0.3.0 will make this much easier to configure. You'll be > able to set cache_dir, lists_dir, info_dir, lock_file and status_file > in opkg.conf. I'd rather we left the defaults as-is and use those > settings once v0.3.0 is released. v0.3.0 will also create any > directories needed if they don't exist. So it may make sense to set > cache_dir to something under /tmp, lock_file to something under /var > or /run and everything else under /usr if that's what's desired. > > Cool, I'm looking forward to v0.3.0 and beyond Why not use the new syntax? The recipe should reflect the version of the package. Changing the lists_dir with 0.2.1 did not work for me. I can test the old syntax on 0.2.3 and see, if there is interest. Is there a reason why opkg-collateral.bb exists? And couldn't be merged with opkg? Michael Gloff > > I've tested changing the lists_dir and everything is working as expected. > > > > Michael Gloff > > > > Thanks, > > -- > Paul Barker > > Email: p...@paulbarker.me.uk > http://www.paulbarker.me.uk >
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