On Oct 16, 2013, at 1:17 PM, Glenn Schmottlach <gschmottl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have several questions regarding configuring the OPKG package management > support in my target image. > > 1) I'm having difficulty getting the /var/lib/opkg directory to be created > and populated with a list of installed packages. > > 2) I can't figure out (e.g. can find no documentation) that describe what the > "lists_dir ext /var/lib/opkg" option in the opkg.conf file does. Does this > point to where the list of installed packages should be found? > > 3) What is the best/preferred approach (e.g. patch, *bbappend, new recipe, > etc...) to tailor or modify the opkg.conf file (specifically the opkg source > (src) paths) that are appended to /etc/opkg/opkg.conf file by the > opkg-collatoral.bb recipe. > > This is what I have done to prepare my image to include package management: > > 1) My image recipe inherits from core-image > > 2) I've configured ONLINE_PACKAGE_MANAGEMENT = "full" and confirmed that is > it set correctly via "bitbake-env -r image-nitrogen6x > ONLINE_PACKAGE_MANAGEMENT" > > 3) I've confirmed that IMAGE_FEATURES = "debug-tweaks package-management" > > 4) PACKAGE_CLASSES = "package_ipk" is configured and I see packages in my > <project>/build/tmp/deploy/ipk directory > > The target boots fine and I have the appropriate opkg applications installed > (e.g. opkg, opkg-cl, opkg-key). I also have the default /etc/opkg/opkg.conf > and /etc/opkg/arch.conf installed. > > There is *no* /var/lib/opkg directory and thus "opkg-cl list-installed" > returns with an error because the "opkg" directory is missing. If I manually > create it the program run successfully but doesn't list anything (which is > obvious since it is empty). > > I read this post > https://lists.yoctoproject.org/pipermail/yocto/2013-June/016324.html > > and confirmed that my setting are correct for IMAGE_FEATURES and > ROOT_POSTPROCESS_CMD (= "run_intercept_scriptlets; license_create_manifest; > ssh_allow_empty_password; rootfs_update_timestamp ;") > > Can anyone offer any suggestions, recommendations, or answers to my questions > above? > something is not adding up. either you have "remove_packaging_data_files" in ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND or 'package-management' is missing in IMAGE_FEATURES Can you paste output of bitbake -e <yourimage> somewhere ? > Thanks for you help . . . > _______________________________________________ > yocto mailing list > yocto@yoctoproject.org > https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
