Re: [gentoo-embedded] Suggestion for INSTALL_MASK

[Ed W]

>
> Related to this... Does anyone know if the PKG_INSTALL_MASK functionality is
> broken?  It seems to function exactly the same as INSTALL_MASK.  The make.conf
> man page says PKG_INSTALL_MASK applies only when creating a binary package.
>
> I'm a relative newbie, but my thinking (consistent with my understanding of the
> docs and wisdom gleaned from this list) was to maintain a cross development tree
> on my build host with everything installed, including all the build deps
> (libraries, header files, etc), while at the same time building binary packages
> for what will go onto the target filesystem, using PKG_INSTALL_MASK to filter
> out unwanted header files, etc from the binary packages.  Then I can create my
> lean target filesystem from the binary packages with the
> '--root=/target/filesystem' emerge option. But PKG_INSTALL_MASK seems to apply
> to my development tree as well.  Am I missing anything?


Hmm, interesting - that might explain why INSTALL_MASK appears to do
nothing at all for me...

I suspect (untested) that if you "emerge -k" with FEATURES="buildpkgs"
then internally portage is building the package and installing the
package?  Hence the PKG_INSTALL_MASK will take effect?

Just an idea... (off to test it)

Ed W