[linux-yocto] how to detect unstable builds

[Paul Gortmaker]

On 14-07-30 09:56 AM, Andreas Schultz wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Unstable might be not the right term, but I couldn't think of another.
> 
> The issue is that two builds on exactly the same build host, produce
> packages that have different runtime dependencies and also different
> behaviors.

This list is meant to be kernel specific.  Your problem has nothing to
do with the kernel.  You can find the other lists described here:

https://www.yoctoproject.org/tools-resources/community/mailing-lists

and here:

http://www.openembedded.org/wiki/Mailing_lists

Paul.
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> 
> I encountered this problem with readline, but other package might have
> it as well.
> 
> I try to build an image that contains systemd and bind. The declared
> dependencies of systemd contain readline, those of bind do not (verified
> using bitbake -g). With multiple parallel task, build order is not
> guaranteed and bind might be build before or after readline.
> 
> bind's autoconf does check for readline and will link bind to it if
> it finds it.
> 
> The outcome is that some builds contain a bind linked against readline,
> while other contain a bind that is not linked against readline.
> 
> ** QA hell breaks loose **
> 
> Is there a way to detect and/or prevent situations like this?
> 
> Regards
> Andreas
>