Re: [poky] avahi configuration (without d-bus/X11)

On Thu, May 2, 2024 at 7:18 AM Steve via lists.yoctoproject.org <star=
[email protected]> wrote:

> On 5/2/24 14:54, Ross Burton via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
> > On 2 May 2024, at 13:00, Steve via lists.yoctoproject.org <star=
> [email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >> I need the avahi to announce my embedded device to network and give it
> >> an IP if DCHP is not working.
> >> Over the normal "avahi-daemon.conf" I want to disable d-bus and ipv6.
> >> That is working by do_install:append changing that file.
> >>
> >> But, adding to image the package "avahi-daemon" (avahi-autoipd is not a
> >> problem) bloats my rootfs with dbus-daemon and libs and  libX11 libs. I
> >> don't have an screen attached.
> >>
> >> So question: How to avoid that?
> >>
> >> In my avahi_%.bbappend I added:
> >> EXTRA_OECONF += " \
> >>     --disable-dbus \
> >>     --disable-gtk \
> >>     --disable-gtk3 \
> >>     --disable-libevent \
> >>     --disable-qt5 \
> >> "
> >> But that doesn't seem to help.
> >
> > Have a look at the recipe, specifically the PACKAGECONFIG options.  You
> want to disable the dbus and gtk3 options.  Note that if you have a
> headless device so don’t need X11 at all, then remove x11 from
> DISTRO_FEATURES and that will never be built.
> >
> > Ross
>
> Well Ross, you made my day ... again! Thanks.
> Yes, as above mentioned I already disabled dbus and gtk3. But it seems I
> have to write also PACKAGECONFIG[dbus] = "--disable-dbus,
> --disable-dbus,dbus"
>

That is not what you needed to change. What you need to change is the
"weak" default value of the PACKACONFIG ??= "dbus ..."
So just setting PACKAGECONFIG = ""

https://docs.yoctoproject.org/ref-manual/variables.html#term-PACKAGECONFIG
https://git.yoctoproject.org/poky/tree/meta/recipes-connectivity/avahi/avahi_0.8.bb#n50


> Frankly speaking I don't understand why this is to be configured twice
> and why PACKAGECONFIG overrule that, but that helps to get rid of both
> d-bus and libX11.
>
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