package_deb.bbclass: Ignore file paths in RPROVIDES

Unlike rpm, debian packaging does not allow file paths in 'Provides:' field.
When 'usrmerge' distro feature enabled bash/busybox packages adds '/bin/sh' to
it's RPROVIDES to satisfy build dependencies, this entry should be filtered out.

(From OE-Core rev: a36165ea8bf8c7a061a0173076c83ae6806d65b6)

Signed-off-by: Amarnath Valluri <amarnath.valluri@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/package_deb.bbclass b/meta/classes/package_deb.bbclass
index 4f107b58ee..1f1bc81e14 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package_deb.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package_deb.bbclass
@@ -236,6 +236,10 @@ python do_package_deb () {
         debian_cmp_remap(rsuggests)
         # Deliberately drop version information here, not wanted/supported by deb
         rprovides = dict.fromkeys(bb.utils.explode_dep_versions2(localdata.getVar("RPROVIDES") or ""), [])
+        # Remove file paths if any from rprovides, debian does not support custom providers
+        for key in list(rprovides.keys()):
+            if key.startswith('/'):
+                del rprovides[key]
         rprovides = collections.OrderedDict(sorted(rprovides.items(), key=lambda x: x[0]))
         debian_cmp_remap(rprovides)
         rreplaces = bb.utils.explode_dep_versions2(localdata.getVar("RREPLACES") or "")