[LEDE-DEV] Using Conflicts:

[Jo-Philipp Wich]

Hi,

> Is there a reason we don’t use Conflicts: information from the
> packaging to stop overlapping installs from being selected when doing
> a build?

yes. The buildroot uses Kconfig logic, while Conflicts: is an opkg concept.

> I understand that the buildbots build everything…  but it should be
> possible to differentiate between ’y’ and ‘m’ and detect to packages
> providing the same paths as both being combined into the same
> image/ISO (for example, below, /sbin/insmod being provided by “kmod”
> and “ubox” both)?
> 
> Right?  Or am I missing something?

The problem is that packages like busybox or ubox provide more
functionality than just the conflicting applets. The proper approach
would be something like alternatives; Yousong sent an rfc series for
that recently.

~ Jo