[Buildroot] [PATCH 0/4] Fix a few unmet dependencies (branch yem/unmet-deps)

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 11-09-16 15:54, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> Thomas, All,
> 
> On 2016-09-11 15:49 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni spake thusly:
>> On Sun, 11 Sep 2016 14:38:52 +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
>>> However, there is one such unmet direct dependency I was not able to
>>> understand (with this series already applied):
>>>
>>>     $ make KCONFIG_SEED=0x9F309288 randconfig
>>>     warning: (BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_WITH_GSTREAMER && BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV3_WITH_GSTREAMER)
>>>     selects BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BASE which has unmet direct dependencies
>>>     (BR2_PACKAGE_GSTREAMER)
>>>     warning: (BR2_PACKAGE_FREERDP_GSTREAMER && BR2_PACKAGE_QT_WEBKIT &&
>>>     BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_WITH_GSTREAMER && BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV3_WITH_GSTREAMER) selects
>>>     BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BASE_PLUGIN_APP which has unmet direct dependencies
>>>     (BR2_PACKAGE_GSTREAMER && BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BASE)
>>>
>>> As far as I can see, the dependencies of gstreamer and gst-plugins-base
>>> *are* properly propagated to the offending packages. I think I'm gonna
>>> loose my sanity on that one... :-/ If any one feels adventurous...
>>
>> Do you have some sample .config that exhibits those problems?
> 
> As explained above, just run:
> 
>     make KCONFIG_SEED=0x9F309288 randconfig
> 
> But it may no longer work, since the set of options has changed now. You
> can reproduce it with:
> 
>     $ git checkout f4918b3a
>     $ make KCONFIG_SEED=0x9F309288 randconfig
> 
> (f4918b3a is master before you applied the last few patches changing the
> set of options).
> 
>> I had a
>> quick look, and it indeed seems weird. opencv is select both gstreamer
>> and gst-plugins-base, so I don't see why the dependency of
>> gst-plugins-base on gstreamer is a problem.
> 
> Neither do I.
> 
> And if you run "make olddefconfig" there is no error anymore... :-/

 I guess it must be a weird side-effect of the randconfig. The
BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_WITH_GSTREAMER && BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV3_WITH_GSTREAMER
bit is very wrong (opencv3 depends on !opencv).

 Regards,
 Arnout

> 
> Regards,
> Yann E. MORIN.
> 

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