On Fri, 2015-08-14 at 12:03 +0100, Burton, Ross wrote: > > On 14 August 2015 at 12:01, Paul Eggleton > <paul.eggle...@linux.intel.com> wrote: > Or install the buildtools perhaps. > > > > Yes, I had that in my head but someone failed to write it down. > There's a fair chance that a host with a sufficiently old tar also > needs other updates, and that's when buildtools is used (which > includes tar).
The hosts we talk about (Debian 7, CentOS 6) work fine for normal usage without having to install buildtools. Having to install them for a situation that could also be dealt with by bitbake automatically seems not very user friendly. On IRC, Ross suggested that I should rewrite the regular tar recipe such that it installs tar as opt-in binary and remove the (mostly obsolete) tar-replacement-native). I'll send updated patches based on that. -- Best Regards, Patrick Ohly The content of this message is my personal opinion only and although I am an employee of Intel, the statements I make here in no way represent Intel's position on the issue, nor am I authorized to speak on behalf of Intel on this matter. -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
