In this mode, both the metadata and firmware is stored on the local filesystem
and distributed using a distribution system like OSTree.
Fixes https://github.com/hughsie/fwupd/issues/162
Calling g-ir-scanner when cross-compiling with bitbake/OpenEmbedded
fails because it calls the wrong ld (the one from the host). More work
will be needed in meson.bbclass and/or gobject-introspection.bbclass
to make it work.
In the meantime, having an option to turn of introspection is useful
perhaps also in other cases where the extra work is not needed. For
example, fwupd works fine also when it is off.
The name of the new meson option matches the --disable-introspection
that is used by some autotools-based projects.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly@intel.com>
If something changes the cache behind our back (e.g. deleting or updating the
file) we need to reload the list of remotes so that the age is correctly shown.
Note: we have to transfer the mtime (not the age) when creating the GVariant,
as we want calls to fwupd_remote_get_age() to update the value without getting
the remote from the daemon each time.
Now we have multiple remotes that can be enabled or changed at runtime we need
to do several things better:
* Only load components from remotes that are enabled
* Only load a component if a higher priority remote has not already added it
Rather than just appending all recieved metadata into one big XML file, save
the original metadata .xml.gz files in /var/lib/fwupd/remotes.d and only load
them in the correct priority order if the remote is known and enabled.
Remove the old /var/cache/app-info/xmls/fwupd.xml file, also noting it wasn't
really a cache file at all but actually something quite important.
Although we supported other hashes than SHA1 (which is now moderately unsafe)
we had to switch the metadata provider and daemon on some kind of flag day to
using SHA256. Since that's somewhat impractical, just allow multiple checksums
to be set on objects and just try to match whatever is given in preference
order.
This also means we can easily transition to other hash types in the future.
The removed API was never present in a tarball release, so not an API break.
This allows us to 'tag' the components with the correct remote ID value, which
then means we can tell where the firmware information has come from when saving
a composite store. It also allows us use the correct username and password in
the future when downloading the firmware blob itself.
Keep the old D-Bus method around to preserve API for existing clients.
Add the concept of 'remotes' that can dropped into /etc and used as firmware
metadata sources. This may be desirable when firmware is only accessable with
a valid support contract or from behind a VPN.
Automake and autoconf are impossible to fully understand and Meson now provides
everything we need for a much smaller, faster, and more understandable build.
See http://mesonbuild.com/ for more information.
This functionality is required so that AppStream metadata can check the fwupd
version, the firmware version, bootloader version or a combination of all three.
