[poky] Poky core-image-minimal fails to build with package_deb

[Richard Purdie]

On Wed, 2014-03-26 at 05:28 -0600, Gary Thomas wrote:
> On 2014-03-26 05:21, Jeremy Powell wrote:
> > On 26/03/14 11:06, Burton, Ross wrote:
> >> On 26 March 2014 10:52, Jeremy Powell <jeremy at visionaid.com> wrote:
> >>> On 26/03/14 10:14, Burton, Ross wrote:
> >>>> On 26 March 2014 09:34, Jeremy Powell <jeremy at visionaid.com> wrote:
> >>>>> I'm trying to build poky from the git master head, but there are several
> >>>>> problems in the DpkgIndexer class in ./meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py
> >>>> Can you file a bug for these issues please (reply here with the number
> >>>> so it doesn't get lost).
> >>>>
> >>>> Ross
> >>>
> >>> Hi Ross - thanks for your reply. I've created an account on
> >>> bugzilla.yoctoproject.org, but its not clear to me which product this bug
> >>> would refer to. Meta-yocto or  OE-Core perhaps?
> >> oe-core, component deployment.
> >>
> >> Ross
> > Thanks again, I've opened a bug #6047:
> > https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6047
> > 
> > I've also attached a patch to it which resolves the issue for me.
> 
> It would be good if your bug report explains what is going wrong
> (and why if you understand it), not just that "it fails and here's
> the patch".  This will aid not only in understanding the problem but
> also for future searches of the bugzilla database for similar issues.

FWIW I've sent out some patches which address this problem and some
others I spotted.

Cheers,

Richard