| Message ID | 20251016-release-note-5-3-second-hunk-v1-15-20f21db1f93c@bootlin.com |
|---|---|
| State | New |
| Headers | show |
| Series | Updates for 5.3 | expand |
On Thu, 2025-10-16 at 10:54 +0200, Antonin Godard wrote: > Added by commit e478550c8cd8 ("openssl/fontconfig/bzip2: Use relative > symlinks instead of absolute ones (using a new class)") in OE-Core. > > Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com> > --- > documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst > index 9fbdb22e1..4d74563e1 100644 > --- a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst > +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst > @@ -2494,6 +2494,25 @@ The :ref:`ref-classes-recipe_sanity` class checks for the presence of any host s > recipe prerequisites that might affect the build (e.g. variables that > are set or software that is present). > > +.. _ref-classes-relative_symlinks: > + > +``relative_symlinks`` > +===================== > + > +The :ref:`ref-classes-relative_symlinks` class walks the symbolic links in the > +:term:`D` directory and replaces links pointing to absolute paths to relative > +paths. This is occasionally used in some recipes that create wrong symbolic > +links when their :ref:`ref-classes-native` version is built, and/or would cause > +breakage in in the :ref:`overview-manual/concepts:shared state cache`. Typo: "in in" should just be "in". Thanks,
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst index 9fbdb22e1..4d74563e1 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst @@ -2494,6 +2494,25 @@ The :ref:`ref-classes-recipe_sanity` class checks for the presence of any host s recipe prerequisites that might affect the build (e.g. variables that are set or software that is present). +.. _ref-classes-relative_symlinks: + +``relative_symlinks`` +===================== + +The :ref:`ref-classes-relative_symlinks` class walks the symbolic links in the +:term:`D` directory and replaces links pointing to absolute paths to relative +paths. This is occasionally used in some recipes that create wrong symbolic +links when their :ref:`ref-classes-native` version is built, and/or would cause +breakage in in the :ref:`overview-manual/concepts:shared state cache`. + +For example, if the following symbolic link is found in :term:`D`:: + + /usr/bin/foo -> /sbin/bar + +It is replaced by:: + + /usr/bin/foo -> ../../sbin/bar + .. _ref-classes-relocatable: ``relocatable``
Added by commit e478550c8cd8 ("openssl/fontconfig/bzip2: Use relative symlinks instead of absolute ones (using a new class)") in OE-Core. Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com> --- documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)