[Buildroot] [PATCH 3/8] core/show-info: report install types for virtual packages too

[Yann E. MORIN]

Thomas, All,

On 2020-04-11 10:41 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni spake thusly:
> On Sat, 11 Apr 2020 10:12:28 +0200
> "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr> wrote:
> 
> > Although virtual packages do not usually install anything, they do
> > participate in the dependency chain, and they also transition smoothly
> > from 'not handled yet' all the way down to 'all set'.
> I'm having a hard time to understand what you mean by:
>   they also transition smoothly from 'not handled yet' all the way down
>   to 'all set'.
> Could you clarify ?

I mean that virtual package, like all other packages, have a sequence of
a few steps that transition the virtual package from "not handled yet"
to "installed and dependencies can start", i.e. virtual packages are:

 1. configured
 2. built
 3. installed in staging (optional)
 4. installed in target (optional)
 5. isntalled in images (optional)

Virtual packages are just packages in this respect. It's just that their
deoendencies are treated specially.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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