Re: [yocto] setting DEPENDS variable to specific package version

2018-01-01 Thread John Ernberg
Hi Dafna, On 01/01/2018 02:03 PM, Dafna Hirschfeld wrote: Hi, thanks, I work alone, and have no people I know to consult with. Does the PREFERRED_VERSION influence static linking only ? So that the package version in the DEPENDS list is decided according to that variable ? If so, why can't it be

Re: [yocto] setting DEPENDS variable to specific package version

2018-01-01 Thread Dafna Hirschfeld
Hi, thanks, I work alone, and have no people I know to consult with. Does the PREFERRED_VERSION influence static linking only ? So that the package version in the DEPENDS list is decided according to that variable ? If so, why can't it be a recipe specific ? If I want package A to statically link

Re: [yocto] setting DEPENDS variable to specific package version

2018-01-01 Thread John Ernberg
Hi Dafna, On 12/30/2017 06:25 PM, Dafna Hirschfeld wrote: Hi, I want to add the vlc package , which has "lua" package in it's DEPNENDS variable. But vlc needs lua5.2 and the default is lua5.3 So when running vlc on the target I get "undefined symbol" in the liblua_plugin.so So how do I set the

[yocto] setting DEPENDS variable to specific package version

2017-12-30 Thread Dafna Hirschfeld
Hi, I want to add the vlc package , which has "lua" package in it's DEPNENDS variable. But vlc needs lua5.2 and the default is lua5.3 So when running vlc on the target I get "undefined symbol" in the liblua_plugin.so So how do I set the packages in DEPENDS to be in specific version ? I added