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It followed update-alternatives, when what we most likely want is for gtar to always be GNU tar, and tar to be whatever update-alternatives decides. Signed-off-by: Daniel McGregor --- meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar_1.35.bb | 20 +++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar_1.35.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar_1.35.bb index 042baa035c9..ce7076ae606 100644 --- a/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar_1.35.bb +++ b/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar_1.35.bb @@ -18,20 +18,22 @@ PACKAGECONFIG:append:class-target = " ${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'acl PACKAGECONFIG[acl] = "--with-posix-acls,--without-posix-acls,acl" PACKAGECONFIG[selinux] = "--with-selinux,--without-selinux,libselinux" -EXTRA_OECONF += "DEFAULT_RMT_DIR=${sbindir}" +EXTRA_OECONF += "DEFAULT_RMT_DIR=${sbindir} --program-prefix=g" CACHED_CONFIGUREVARS += "tar_cv_path_RSH=no" do_install () { autotools_do_install - ln -s tar ${D}${bindir}/gtar + ln -s gtar ${D}${bindir}/tar + ln -s grmt ${D}${sbindir}/rmt } do_install:append:class-target() { + rm ${D}${bindir}/tar + rm ${D}${sbindir}/rmt if [ "${base_bindir}" != "${bindir}" ]; then install -d ${D}${base_bindir} - mv ${D}${bindir}/tar ${D}${base_bindir}/tar - mv ${D}${bindir}/gtar ${D}${base_bindir}/gtar + mv ${D}${bindir}/gtar ${D}${base_bindir} rmdir ${D}${bindir}/ fi } @@ -72,19 +74,27 @@ do_install_ptest() { PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-rmt" -FILES:${PN}-rmt = "${sbindir}/rmt*" +FILES:${PN}-rmt = "${sbindir}/grmt*" inherit update-alternatives ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100" ALTERNATIVE:${PN} = "tar" +ALTERNATIVE:${PN}-doc = "tar.1 rmt.8" ALTERNATIVE:${PN}-rmt = "rmt" ALTERNATIVE:${PN}:class-nativesdk = "" ALTERNATIVE:${PN}-rmt:class-nativesdk = "" ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[tar] = "${base_bindir}/tar" +ALTERNATIVE_TARGET[tar] = "${base_bindir}/gtar" ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[rmt] = "${sbindir}/rmt" +ALTERNATIVE_TARGET[rmt] = "${sbindir}/grmt" + +ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[tar.1] = "${mandir}/man1/tar.1" +ALTERNATIVE_TARGET[tar.1] = "${mandir}/man1/gtar.1" +ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[rmt.8] = "${mandir}/man8/rmt.8" +ALTERNATIVE_TARGET[rmt.8] = "${mandir}/man8/grmt.8" PROVIDES:append:class-native = " tar-replacement-native" NATIVE_PACKAGE_PATH_SUFFIX = "/${PN}"