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From: Jose Alarcon <jose.alarcon@ge.com>
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Subject: Re: EXT: Re: [PATCH 2/2] rootfs-postcommands: add test for unsatisfied RRECOMMENDS
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On 02.09.2017 03:22, Burton, Ross wrote:
> On 26 August 2017 at 12:26, Jose Alarcon <jose.alarcon@ge.com
> <mailto:jose.alarcon@ge.com>> wrote:
>
>     The do_rootfs log contains a number of unsatisfied package
>     recommendations. At the moment those are only visible when
>     reviewing the rootfs log.
>
>     This patch adds an extra check to surface any unsatisfied
>     recommendation  as WARNINGS to the build output when
>     "debug-tweaks" is enabled.
>
>
> But isn't that the point of recommends?
>
> If the user uses BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS to explicitly stop specific
> recommendations being installed, or the package just isn't available,
> that's fine.

Yes. The purpose of this patch is to surface those unsatisfied
recommends. The user then can decide whether to use BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS,
satisfy the recommend if it is something he needs or just ignore them.

Thanks,

--
Jose