diff --git a/scripts/devtool b/scripts/devtool index 1fcb42c134..9d3287c6d3 100755 --- a/scripts/devtool +++ b/scripts/devtool @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ def main(): if not context.fixed_setup: parser_create_workspace = subparsers.add_parser('create-workspace', - help='Set up a workspace', + help='Set up workspace in an alternative location', description='Sets up a new workspace. NOTE: other devtool subcommands will create a workspace automatically as needed, so you only need to use %(prog)s if you want to specify where the workspace should be located.') parser_create_workspace.add_argument('layerpath', nargs='?', help='Path in which the workspace layer should be created') parser_create_workspace.add_argument('--create-only', action="store_true", help='Only create the workspace layer, do not alter configuration') diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/build.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/build.py index 0b8e88b817..a9a077882c 100644 --- a/scripts/lib/devtool/build.py +++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/build.py @@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ def build(args, config, basepath, workspace): def register_commands(subparsers, context): """Register devtool subcommands from this plugin""" parser_build = subparsers.add_parser('build', help='Build a recipe', - description='Builds the specified recipe using bitbake (up to and including do_%s)' % _get_build_task(context.config), - formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter) + description='Builds the specified recipe using bitbake (up to and including do_%s)' % _get_build_task(context.config)) parser_build.add_argument('recipename', help='Recipe to build') parser_build.add_argument('-s', '--disable-parallel-make', action="store_true", help='Disable make parallelism') parser_build.set_defaults(func=build) diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py index 6de24eb524..68d6eb98c5 100644 --- a/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py +++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py @@ -1134,8 +1134,8 @@ def reset(args, config, basepath, workspace): def register_commands(subparsers, context): """Register devtool subcommands from this plugin""" parser_add = subparsers.add_parser('add', help='Add a new recipe', - description='Adds a new recipe') - parser_add.add_argument('recipename', help='Name for new recipe to add') + description='Adds a new recipe to the workspace to build a specified source tree') + parser_add.add_argument('recipename', help='Name for new recipe to add (just name - no version, path or extension)') parser_add.add_argument('srctree', help='Path to external source tree') group = parser_add.add_mutually_exclusive_group() group.add_argument('--same-dir', '-s', help='Build in same directory as source', action="store_true") @@ -1147,24 +1147,22 @@ def register_commands(subparsers, context): parser_add.set_defaults(func=add) parser_modify = subparsers.add_parser('modify', help='Modify the source for an existing recipe', - description='Enables modifying the source for an existing recipe', - formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter) - parser_modify.add_argument('recipename', help='Name for recipe to edit') + description='Enables modifying the source for an existing recipe') + parser_modify.add_argument('recipename', help='Name of existing recipe to edit (just name - no version, path or extension)') parser_modify.add_argument('srctree', help='Path to external source tree') parser_modify.add_argument('--wildcard', '-w', action="store_true", help='Use wildcard for unversioned bbappend') parser_modify.add_argument('--extract', '-x', action="store_true", help='Extract source as well') group = parser_modify.add_mutually_exclusive_group() group.add_argument('--same-dir', '-s', help='Build in same directory as source', action="store_true") group.add_argument('--no-same-dir', help='Force build in a separate build directory', action="store_true") - parser_modify.add_argument('--branch', '-b', default="devtool", help='Name for development branch to checkout (only when using -x)') + parser_modify.add_argument('--branch', '-b', default="devtool", help='Name for development branch to checkout (only when using -x) (default "%(default)s")') parser_modify.set_defaults(func=modify) parser_extract = subparsers.add_parser('extract', help='Extract the source for an existing recipe', - description='Extracts the source for an existing recipe', - formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter) - parser_extract.add_argument('recipename', help='Name for recipe to extract the source for') + description='Extracts the source for an existing recipe') + parser_extract.add_argument('recipename', help='Name of recipe to extract the source for') parser_extract.add_argument('srctree', help='Path to where to extract the source tree') - parser_extract.add_argument('--branch', '-b', default="devtool", help='Name for development branch to checkout') + parser_extract.add_argument('--branch', '-b', default="devtool", help='Name for development branch to checkout (default "%(default)s")') parser_extract.add_argument('--keep-temp', action="store_true", help='Keep temporary directory (for debugging)') parser_extract.set_defaults(func=extract, no_workspace=True) @@ -1178,23 +1176,21 @@ def register_commands(subparsers, context): parser_sync.set_defaults(func=sync) parser_update_recipe = subparsers.add_parser('update-recipe', help='Apply changes from external source tree to recipe', - description='Applies changes from external source tree to a recipe (updating/adding/removing patches as necessary, or by updating SRCREV)') + description='Applies changes from external source tree to a recipe (updating/adding/removing patches as necessary, or by updating SRCREV). Note that these changes need to have been committed to the git repository in order to be recognised.') parser_update_recipe.add_argument('recipename', help='Name of recipe to update') parser_update_recipe.add_argument('--mode', '-m', choices=['patch', 'srcrev', 'auto'], default='auto', help='Update mode (where %(metavar)s is %(choices)s; default is %(default)s)', metavar='MODE') - parser_update_recipe.add_argument('--initial-rev', help='Starting revision for patches') + parser_update_recipe.add_argument('--initial-rev', help='Override starting revision for patches') parser_update_recipe.add_argument('--append', '-a', help='Write changes to a bbappend in the specified layer instead of the recipe', metavar='LAYERDIR') parser_update_recipe.add_argument('--wildcard-version', '-w', help='In conjunction with -a/--append, use a wildcard to make the bbappend apply to any recipe version', action='store_true') parser_update_recipe.add_argument('--no-remove', '-n', action="store_true", help='Don\'t remove patches, only add or update') parser_update_recipe.set_defaults(func=update_recipe) parser_status = subparsers.add_parser('status', help='Show workspace status', - description='Lists recipes currently in your workspace and the paths to their respective external source trees', - formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter) + description='Lists recipes currently in your workspace and the paths to their respective external source trees') parser_status.set_defaults(func=status) parser_reset = subparsers.add_parser('reset', help='Remove a recipe from your workspace', - description='Removes the specified recipe from your workspace (resetting its state)', - formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter) + description='Removes the specified recipe from your workspace (resetting its state)') parser_reset.add_argument('recipename', nargs='?', help='Recipe to reset') parser_reset.add_argument('--all', '-a', action="store_true", help='Reset all recipes (clear workspace)') parser_reset.add_argument('--no-clean', '-n', action="store_true", help='Don\'t clean the sysroot to remove recipe output') diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/upgrade.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/upgrade.py index d7fd408a2e..fbffae06fe 100644 --- a/scripts/lib/devtool/upgrade.py +++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/upgrade.py @@ -361,8 +361,8 @@ def upgrade(args, config, basepath, workspace): def register_commands(subparsers, context): """Register devtool subcommands from this plugin""" parser_upgrade = subparsers.add_parser('upgrade', help='Upgrade an existing recipe', - description='Upgrades an existing recipe to a new upstream version') - parser_upgrade.add_argument('recipename', help='Name for recipe to extract the source for') + description='Upgrades an existing recipe to a new upstream version. Puts the upgraded recipe file into the workspace along with any associated files, and extracts the source tree to a specified location (in case patches need rebasing or adding to as a result of the upgrade).') + parser_upgrade.add_argument('recipename', help='Name of recipe to upgrade (just name - no version, path or extension)') parser_upgrade.add_argument('srctree', help='Path to where to extract the source tree') parser_upgrade.add_argument('--version', '-V', help='Version to upgrade to (PV)') parser_upgrade.add_argument('--srcrev', '-S', help='Source revision to upgrade to (if fetching from an SCM such as git)')