RE: [isar 0/1] Fix non-reproducible issue due to localepurge

[<Venkata.Pyla@toshiba-tsip.com>]

Hi Henning Schild,

Thank you for the comments.

Please find my comments inline.

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>To: pyla venkata(ＴＳＩＰ) <Venkata.Pyla@toshiba-tsip.com>
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>Subject: Re: [isar 0/1] Fix non-reproducible issue due to localepurge
>
>Am Sun, 10 Apr 2022 22:32:28 +0530
>schrieb venkata.pyla@toshiba-tsip.com:
>
>> From: venkata pyla <venkata.pyla@toshiba-tsip.com>
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Replying to this mail conversation,
>> (https://groups.google.com/g/isar-users/c/JCgpWU_pFJU/m/IwlYTmzQBQAJ)
>>
>> For the problem "debconf cache non-reproducible", I figured out a
>> solution in isar system itself.
>
>Generating configuration items and placing them before a package gets
>installed is very common. It is not only done by Isar but very likely by many
>packages in debian that cater for other packages.
>
>What you are suggesting is not a generic solution to "debconf cache"
>being non-reproducible. It is just a quirk to hide the problem in that one case for
>that one package.

Yes I agree with you, Ideally this should be fixed from each package if they have such non-reproducible behaviour.

I reported a bug today in the Debian package bug-tracking system, though I don’t have solution for that,
 but I want to start discussion and get some solution going forward.
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1009639

Meanwhile we can use this trick to bypass non-reproducible problem, what's your opinion?

>
>Maybe the cache just needs to be excluded from the image, or cleaned or
>whatever.
>
>And i guess we should have some infrastructure in Isar to find "non-
>reproducible" build issues also available for any layers. Because layers is where
>the real complexity is, not those relatively boring example images you find in
>isar.
>
>regards,
>Henning
>
>> The problem is that, in isar system, in-order to remove unwanted
>> locales from the system image, it is installing the localepurge
>> package after its configuration is copied, due to this when the
>> package post-installation script triggered the ucf check, it creates a
>> debconf cache entry with the new configuration change (which is
>> non-reproducible).
>>
>> This would be avoided if localpurge package is installed first and
>> then copy required configuration to remove unwanted to locales from
>> the system image.
>>
>> Created below patch to fix non-reproducible problem, please review and
>> provide your feedback.
>>
>> venkata pyla (1):
>>   image-locales-extension: Do localepurge configuration after
>>     installation
>>
>>  meta/classes/image-locales-extension.bbclass | 33
>> ++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>>
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