>-----Original Message----- >From: yocto-boun...@yoctoproject.org [mailto:yocto- >boun...@yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Paul Eggleton >Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 2:51 PM >To: Robert P. J. Day >Cc: yocto@yoctoproject.org >Subject: Re: [yocto] inconsistent pages out there for setting up your >yocto dev host > >On Wednesday 21 November 2012 17:23:56 Robert P. J. Day wrote: >> i've noticed there are various web pages purporting to explain how >> to set up a proper OE/yocto development host, but they give what is >> pretty clearly contradictory information. >> >> as one example, there's this page on getting started with OE: >> >> http://www.openembedded.org/wiki/Getting_started > >I produced this page recently; FWIW I also came up with the pared-down >package >lists that went into the Quick Start Guide which this page borrows. How >is >this contradictory if it uses the same information? > >> that claims to steal from a number of sources including the yocto QS >> guide, but look at the packages one is instructed to install on that >> page, particularly under fedora: python, perl, git, and so on. > >So I don't recall exactly how perl got on that list; but python and git >are >absolutely required on the host. That's why they're in ASSUME_PROVIDED.
Paul - Should I remove perl from the essentials list for fedora and centos? > >> as i read it, the sanity.bbclass and ASSUME_PROVIDED will dictate >> what needs to be there and what will be used if it's installed >> natively, no? it certainly seems that that wiki page is insructing >> the developer to install a lot of software that OE will handle >> automatically, no? > >Er, no. Well, if by "handle automatically" you mean "error out when they >are >not present" then that's not very helpful - it's much easier if people >just >get a list of what they need to install up front. > >Cheers, >Paul > >-- > >Paul Eggleton >Intel Open Source Technology Centre >_______________________________________________ >yocto mailing list >yocto@yoctoproject.org >https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
