Use of [.coreutils caused problems because the coreutils [ link ended up

being called \[ (update-alternatives cannot handle an unescaped [).  Fixed
by using lbracket.coreutils (based on the actual source name of the .c file
used to build this.)

diff --git a/packages/coreutils/coreutils_5.1.3.bb b/packages/coreutils/coreutils_5.1.3.bb
index 47c7344..0d7a783 100644 (file)
--- a/packages/coreutils/coreutils_5.1.3.bb
+++ b/packages/coreutils/coreutils_5.1.3.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ SECTION = "base"
 DESCRIPTION = "A collection of core GNU utilities."
 RREPLACES = "textutils shellutils fileutils"
 RPROVIDES = "textutils shellutils fileutils"
-PR = "r2"
+PR = "r3"
 
 SRC_URI = "ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-${PV}.tar.bz2 \
            file://install-cross.patch;patch=1;pnum=0 \
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ do_install () {
        
        # Renaming the utilities that should go in /usr/bin
        for i in ${bindir_progs}; do mv ${D}${bindir}/$i ${D}${bindir}/$i.${PN}; done
-       mv ${D}${bindir}/[ ${D}${bindir}/[.${PN}
+       # [ requires special handling because [.coreutils will cause the sed stuff
+       # in update-alternatives to fail, therefore use lbracket - the name used
+       # for the actual source file.
+       mv ${D}${bindir}/[ ${D}${bindir}/lbracket.${PN}
        
        # Renaming and moving the utilities that should go in /bin (FHS)
        install -d ${D}${base_bindir}
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ do_install () {
 pkg_postinst_${PN} () {
        # The utilities in /usr/bin
        for i in ${bindir_progs}; do update-alternatives --install ${bindir}/$i $i $i.${PN} 100; done
-       update-alternatives --install "${bindir}/\[" "\[" "\[.${PN}" 100
+       update-alternatives --install '${bindir}/[' '[' 'lbracket.${PN}' 100
        
        # The utilities in /bin
        for i in ${base_bindir_progs}; do update-alternatives --install ${base_bindir}/$i $i $i.${PN} 100; done
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ pkg_postinst_${PN} () {
 pkg_prerm_${PN} () {
        # The utilities in /usr/bin
        for i in ${bindir_progs}; do update-alternatives --remove $i $i.${PN}; done
-       update-alternatives --remove "\[" "\[.${PN}"
+       update-alternatives --remove '[' 'lbracket.${PN}'
 
        # The utilities in /bin
        for i in ${base_bindir_progs}; do update-alternatives --remove $i $i.${PN}; done