Bug 9463

Summary:	An easier way to debug package install (do_rootfs, do_populate_sdk)
Product:	[Build System, Metadata & Runtime] OE-Core	Reporter:	Robert Yang <liezhi.yang>
Component:	core	Assignee:	Unassigned <unassigned>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Medium	CC:	meta.mr.watcher, meta.watcher, randy.macleod, sgw
Version:	2.2
Target Milestone:	Future
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Multiple
Whiteboard:
OS type for building Yocto:	---	Type of Regression:	---
Verified:		Documentation change:	Yes (doc changes required)

Description Robert Yang 2016-04-14 02:15:59 UTC

Currently, it's not easy to debug package install problems, for example:
1) More packages are installed than expected
2) Less packages are installed than expected
3) Wrong packages are installed than expected

We need figure out an easier why to debug and fix the problem, for example, an easier way to reproduce the error rather than run bitbake command, maybe something like:

bitbake <foo> -cpkg_install_debug.

And then we can do the pkg install/remove manually.

Comment 1 Randy MacLeod 2022-05-05 15:18:06 UTC

What we may need is something along the lines of scripts/oe-pkgdata-util

Comment 2 Randy MacLeod 2024-05-09 14:58:48 UTC

Robert, we need more specific info on what we could do. Since this isn't a high priority, I'm closing it. If you re-open, please add more info.