Bug 5990

Summary:	kernel.bbclass: Revamp packaging and dependencies
Product:	[Build System, Metadata & Runtime] OE-Core	Reporter:	Darren Hart <dvhart>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Darren Hart <dvhart>
Status:	VERIFIED OBSOLETE	QA Contact:	Bogdan Alexandru Voiculescu <bogdanx.a.voiculescu>
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Medium	CC:	bluelightning, bogdanx.a.voiculescu, bruce.ashfield, richard.purdie, tom.zanussi
Version:	1.7
Target Milestone:	1.9
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Multiple
Whiteboard:
OS type for building Yocto:	---	Type of Regression:	---
Verified:		Documentation change:	No (bug/feature does not impact docs)

Description Darren Hart 2014-03-17 16:11:34 UTC

Bugs like Bug 5392 and Bug 4991 highlight some serious flaws in the way packaging and package dependencies are handled in kernel.bbclass currently.

In addition to the issues these bugs raise, there following issues need to be rethought:

* The default RDEPENDS_kernel-base ?= kernel-image
* The kernel-vmlinux package is empty when KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "vmlinux"
* vmlinux should probably just be in kernel-dev anyway
* if it is, then kernel-image needs a different named file or some other packaging override to avoid an empty kernel-vmlinux

Comment 1 Richard Purdie 2014-10-30 15:26:02 UTC

Its worth noting that oprofile requires the vmlinux file which is why its been packaged seperately

Comment 2 Darren Hart 2015-05-04 17:09:59 UTC

Given RPs comment, the lack of clear problem statement, and the recent overhaul of the kernel packaging for build performance reasons, I'm marking this as obsolete. A new bug can be opened in the future should a more explicit issue be raised.

Comment 3 Bogdan Alexandru Voiculescu 2015-08-27 15:22:28 UTC

closed because nothing will be done on this

Comment 4 Bogdan Alexandru Voiculescu 2015-08-31 06:36:00 UTC

closed because nothing will be done on this