On 24 May 2017 at 13:20, Gary Thomas <g...@mlbassoc.com> wrote: > I have an image which needs to include the libcups2 package from > the cups recipe. If I try adding this to my image recipe > CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL_append = " libcups2" > I get this error: > ERROR: Required build target 'my-demo-image' has no buildable providers. > Missing or unbuildable dependency chain was: ['my-demo-image', > 'libcups2'] > > However, I can get it to build with this > MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS_append = " libcups2" > > What's the difference between these two approaches and why doesn't the > first > one work at all? >
Does the latter actually work? Recommends won't fail if the package doesn't exist, or is getting pulled in via another route. I've a feeling that you actually want the pre-renaming name here so try cups-lib. Ross
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