Re: [Ltib] docs, man pages, headers, static libs in rootfs

[Stuart Hughes]

Hi Fritz,

To me at least it doesn't make sense to sanitise (cut-back) the NFS
image.  This is intended to be everything so that builds of packages
have all headers/libs etc available.  Also it allows derivatives (such
as the RAMDISK/jffs2 types) to build filtered versions.

In LTIB if you build a non-NFS image, I think you have all the controls
to removed docs/man/ etc that you need?

Regards, Stuart

Fritz Mueller wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I am working on developing a new ltib target for a board under
> development, based on one of Freescale's existing eval board targets.  I
> will be booting from a read-only JFFS2 root on flash.  I am trying to
> minimize the footprint of the rootfs, and need to address the issue of
> various docs, includes, and static libs that some packages are leaving
> there.
> 
> My question is what is the intended "best" way to address this, both in
> fixing/patching existing packages and also for the new packages I am
> creating along the way?  There are a number of ways that I can see that
> this could be addressed:
> 
>   - Provide config/make source patches in the packages to prevent them
> from installing the unwanted files.
> 
>   - Provide post-install cleanup code in the package spec files to
> remove the unwanted files after they are installed.
> 
>   - Use the existing deployment remove files/dirs config options.
> 
>   - Something else I've overlooked?
> 
> Some other issues, questions:
> 
>   - The deployment cleanup options in the Freescale version of ltib that
> I am using are all contingent on !NFS, but what if I want to also clean
> up an NFS rootfs?
> 
>   - The "remove man pages etc" option defines DEPLOYMENT_RM_DOCS, but a
> find/grep in both my ltib dir and lpp came up empty for references to
> this.  Is this option in use?
> 
> Thanks much for any feedback/suggestions!
> 
>             --FritzM.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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