Re: [OE-core] some simple questions/observations about package groups

2012-11-29 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012, Paul Eggleton wrote: > On Thursday 29 November 2012 06:58:02 Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Nov 2012, Paul Eggleton wrote: > > > On Wednesday 28 November 2012 15:27:58 Chris Larson wrote: > > > > Also, to comment on something tangentially related from a different > > >

Re: [OE-core] some simple questions/observations about package groups

2012-11-29 Thread Paul Eggleton
On Thursday 29 November 2012 06:58:02 Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Thu, 29 Nov 2012, Paul Eggleton wrote: > > On Wednesday 28 November 2012 15:27:58 Chris Larson wrote: > > > Also, to comment on something tangentially related from a different > > > thread, > > > technically the PACKAGE_GROUP_ varia

Re: [OE-core] some simple questions/observations about package groups

2012-11-29 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012, Paul Eggleton wrote: > On Wednesday 28 November 2012 15:27:58 Chris Larson wrote: > > Also, to comment on something tangentially related from a different thread, > > technically the PACKAGE_GROUP_ variables were the first to use the term as > > far as I'm aware. *tasks* were t

Re: [OE-core] some simple questions/observations about package groups

2012-11-29 Thread Paul Eggleton
On Wednesday 28 November 2012 15:27:58 Chris Larson wrote: > Also, to comment on something tangentially related from a different thread, > technically the PACKAGE_GROUP_ variables were the first to use the term as > far as I'm aware. *tasks* were then renamed to use that name as well, which > is wh

Re: [OE-core] some simple questions/observations about package groups

2012-11-28 Thread Chris Larson
On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Chris Larson wrote: > p.s. as with other things i've put on my wish list, it would be great >> if a variation of bitbake could list the available package groups. >> > > Depending on whether you want the metadata package groups or the packages: > > bitbake -e | gr

Re: [OE-core] some simple questions/observations about package groups

2012-11-28 Thread Chris Larson
On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 4:45 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > perusing package groups, and a few simple questions and probably a > couple things i can submit patches for. > > first, is IMAGE_FEATURES *exclusively* for selecting package groups > and not individual packages? since core-image.bbcla

[OE-core] some simple questions/observations about package groups

2012-11-28 Thread Robert P. J. Day
perusing package groups, and a few simple questions and probably a couple things i can submit patches for. first, is IMAGE_FEATURES *exclusively* for selecting package groups and not individual packages? since core-image.bbclass reads: # By default we install packagegroup-core-boot and pack