[OE-core] [PATCH] libc-package.bbclass: split binary localedata even more if asked to

[Andreas Oberritter]

On 01.12.2016 05:02, Khem Raj wrote:
> 
>> On Nov 30, 2016, at 3:50 PM, Andreas Oberritter <obi at opendreambox.org> wrote:
>>
>> If GLIBC_SPLIT_LC_PACKAGES is set to a non-zero value, convert
>> glibc-binary-localedata-XX-YY to be a meta package depending on
>> glibc-binary-localedata-XX-YY-lc-address and so on. This enables
>> saving quite some space if someone doesn't need LC_COLLATE for
>> example.
>>
>> Some regex code was removed from output_locale_binary_rdepends,
>> because legitimize_package_name already converts to lowercase.
>>
> 
> This looks ok. May be add some documentation around 
> GLIBC_SPLIT_LC_PACKAGES in extended local.conf sample.

OK, will send a v2.

> I am worried about dependency changes, may be comparing old and new
> would help.

The generated meta packages make sure that dependencies stay intact. I
didn't observe any deviation in my test builds, with or without setting
GLIBC_SPLIT_LC_PACKAGES to 1.

Regards,
Andreas