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

[Khem Raj]

On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 4:33 AM, Andreas Oberritter <obi at opendreambox.org> wrote:
> 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.

Thats comforting. did you also try a online package upgrade ?

>
> Regards,
> Andreas
>