There was a stra quote character after the word database
and I removed it.
(Bitbake rev: 50afcab054b2d93be96bfd3c224affebcab023cc)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10886]
Added text descriptions for many of the events in the list of the
"Events" section.
(Bitbake rev: e3b7e8430cb207756b59b32128aa3cef6a626fa1)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10444]
Added a new section about syntax called "Line Joining". The
section describes how you can use the backslash character (\)
to joing stuff.
(Bitbake rev: a2768ecae7846d72a1bdb7cbbc5e8d242af854f6)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
getVar() now defaults to expanding by default, thus remove the True
option from getVar() calls with a regex search and replace.
Search made with the following regex: getVar ?\(( ?[^,()]*), True\)
(Bitbake rev: 3b45c479de8640f92dd1d9f147b02e1eecfaadc8)
Signed-off-by: Joshua Lock <joshua.g.lock@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
The BB_SETSCENE_VERIFY_FUNCTION variable has effectively changed
to BB_SETSCENE_VERIFY_FUNCTION2. I changed the three areas in the
book. Basically a name change.
(Bitbake rev: 41d9cd41d40b04746c82b4a940dca47df02514fc)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10401]
Applied some edits to various areas of the section. These
were minor in nature.
(Bitbake rev: ec99f168fd0d6feca67f2890917ba4829933c73b)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10401]
Added some wording to clarify that setting these flags to "1"
causes the desired action. Also, provided a cautionary note
about tasks depending on any [nostamp] task causes the task
to always be executed and could cause unnecessary rebuild time.
(Bitbake rev: b6a4a6147b9e455cc1fec37553fb577f187a2d73)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10401]
The "addtask" documentation was rewritten to tighten up the
introductory section and to flesh out the actual examples.
(Bitbake rev: c3373399c5d565de033c40a39e6f6f9399bb782e)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10400]
No information existed for cases when a variable did not exist.
I added this information to each of the variables in the table.
(Bitbake rev: 466b2c30f31754a7b6a2478e359f687ec6888e0d)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10364]
Added a new section titled "Bitbake-Style Python Functions
Versus Python Functions". This section describes differences
for the user between the two types of functions.
Also, cleaned up a consistency problem with the terms
"BitBake style" and "BitBake-style". I used the latter
throughout the manual.
(Bitbake rev: e6f12157a210084d1a870832107c910df792f1d9)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10296]
Applied some minor wording changes per review edits.
(Bitbake rev: 67d5501d5fd6b7ac3ee9ad97962fcf8a41d00cff)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10296]
This adds some bits clarifying you can append and prepend to
functions. Added a bit to the introduction paragraph of the
"Appending and Prepending (Override Style Syntax)" section to
note that you can do this. Referenced some new examples.
In the "Shell Functions" section I added an example. In the
"BitBake Style Python Functions" section I also added an example.
(Bitbake rev: 6e6b7e10e04fdb94b59bd2ead3ccb79c899c7458)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10293]
I omitted the work "quote" and needed to have it there.
(Bitbake rev: 5087d856a39fd7be9716d1a2c185fc764f63f2c7)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10293]
In the section about setting variables, I added a paragraph that
explains the use of single quotes when setting a variable. The
case covers when you must have the double quote charater as part
of your variable's value.
(Bitbake rev: 01e331cd0d612013badfb07df91151907f74903d)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10100]
I added a new parent directory named "Functions You Can Call From
Within Python". This section contains a couple new sub-sections.
One is the existing "Functions for Accessing Datastore Variables".
The other is called "Other Functions", and it is used to point
or reference some commonly used functions that the user can call
from within Python.
(Bitbake rev: ecbcedd74125ef00599f4af384ee303dae8af5b7)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10196]
Added a new section named "Exporting Variables to the Environment".
This section provides a dedicated description for how to export
variables to the shell.
(Bitbake rev: b543458dd67d24a228fa2db0ecb4ddd20016a560)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
unset VAR
will clear variable VAR
unset VAR[flag]
will clear flag "flag" from var VAR
(Bitbake rev: bedbd46ece8d1285b5cd2ea07dc64b4875b479aa)
Signed-off-by: Jérémy Rosen <jeremy.rosen@openwide.fr>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10117]
Applied a re-write to better clarify the behavior of dependencies.
(Bitbake rev: 28bb8ef7f737034055f3485795179cfdcdb9a41f)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10095]
I added a third case to the "Conditional Metadata" section to
describe setting a variable for a single task.
(Bitbake rev: 24d648ce62b35f7d2b23fde732703c060579a0d2)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10093]
Provided much more detail on how these functions work.
(Bitbake rev: dbe25523d899850f85acb6986eca98bf1b0ef52a)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10071]
The use of any flags throughout the manual was very inconsistent.
I changed all references to any named flag in the text to be
formatted as code and to be enclosed in square brackets.
(Bitbake rev: be0fb616e64e54ae3e2420249f21f4edfd97d648)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10071]
Provided more clear descriptions for these two flags.
(Bitbake rev: c85c9a468dc3ce606a5f8797e6be8b411a9f3bdb)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #9985]
Fixed an operator typo from ":=" to "+=" in the note
at the bottom of the section.
(Bitbake rev: 319d3d387161182069e6d1b3db17ccb539d097ed)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10003]
I added a small paragraph explaining what happens when expansion
of a variable that does not exist occurs.
(Bitbake rev: 8006da3f229d0227215ccd59cd273edacf72f9ce)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #9985]
Fixed some problems with the changes. A small typo for an
example and added a clarifying operator in another sentence.
(Bitbake rev: d8ae3775eefe3f7b62fc26cae5b742ae83850c13)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #9984]
Added a small note to the bottom to help clarify.
(Bitbake rev: 64bf49826088c56b739ed971251f05b4564c712e)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
I had inconsistent usage of the "_append" style operator syntax
in the chaper. I was using a mix of <filename>_append</filename>
and "_append". I changed to "_append" for consistency.
(Bitbake rev: 5c5b88e402376268baa15c5d04d2592f28d76751)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #9985]
Made the following changes:
* Section Removal (Override Style Syntax): Added a small
qualifying sentence at the end to further define behavior
* Added new section "Override Style Operation Advantages":
This section provides some rationale behind the "_append"
style operations.
* Section "Examples": Changed an example to use the "="
operator rather than the "+=" operator.
(Bitbake rev: 797d9627baad9ccd3d55e825c0d705311f631f78)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #9984]
Added more detail to the examples that show the effects of
variable expanison.
(Bitbake rev: 480096ca93c0a649ebfff68dfc7d9bbe8eb2ea2d)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Added a minor tweak to the third paragraph to be more inclusive
of the topic.
Fixes [YOCTO #9970]
(Bitbake rev: a5d36e8bccf35ffbca41a4facaa041d36f587529)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Applied formatting to a "after" word that should be
<filename>after</filename>. Also added a new clarifying paragraph in
the "Recursive Dependencies" section.
Fixes [YOCTO #9861]
(Bitbake rev: ada90f68afd17cb85cb5957f3f91b537ee3599f6)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #9861]
In the "Dependencies internal to the .bb File" section, I placed a
note providing more detail on how recipes are built regarding task
dependency.
(Bitbake rev: c2e72928fbd21d622860a54a55f4239ba27c07a2)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #9861]
I updated the section on dependencies to give a couple of examples
for task dependencies within a single recipe and dependencies for
tasks between two individual recipes.
(Bitbake rev: 231deeb2b0b3847cba971ca30c16e29357100ae6)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
There is no default.
Fixes [YOCTO #9683]
(Bitbake rev: 886afd6d876c9ae04cf681931db8f1774dc53096)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Added information about using lower-case characters and no
underscore characters when using OVERRIDES.
(Bitbake rev: 4397a023f8bf738913d71a38b3e06503207311e2)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #9343]
I updated the inherit directive section to note that you can
inherit multiple classes using a single line.
(Bitbake rev: 3f29ebec593f20894f7a2a0b6d50ee22474aee75)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
I added wording to note that include/require checks the current
directory in addition to BBPATH
Fixes [YOCTO #8566]
(Bitbake rev: bdad45ebe551912b055ffa349d254ae5947a3ba6)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #9283]
Updated the description to document conditional inherits. Provided
several examples.
(Bitbake rev: 07f97f4d913cf1c8233995152105fff6c6c7b9a0)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #9147]
Added the d.expand(expression) fuction to the list of functions
in the "Accessing Datastore Variables Using Python" section.
(Bitbake rev: 19507b80f35d37dc4b1614bd390b8e261dd4a2bd)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #9148]
Added a note about Variable expressions (e.g. ${X}) are no longer
expanded within Python functions.
(Bitbake rev: 4ebe55cb8c8db1c5cf5d127e213487c5a453a68a)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #8567]
Updated the variable list describing the variables that affect
how environment variables are handled. Also updated the section
on how those variables are passed.
(Bitbake rev: 91cb52b1e77bba9d046239933b5c0513d01e6824)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Added more detail to the 'dir' flag to state the last
directory listed will be used as the work directory for the
task.
(Bitbake rev: 2fbd9e4e44f6b491cccca81fd34586fcfdeea3d3)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Rather than just use d.getVar(X), use the more explict d.getVar(X, False)
since at some point in the future, having the default of expansion would
be nice. This is the first step towards that.
This patch was mostly made using the command:
sed -e 's:\(getVar([^,()]*\)\s*):\1, False):g' -i `grep -ril getVar *`
(Bitbake rev: 659ef95c9b8aced3c4ded81c48bcc0fbde4d429f)
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #7803]
I added information for the scenario where deleting a task using the
deltask command could "break" implicit dependencies.
(Bitbake rev: 5ea3a206bb5beef4c12d56d9e42e29d324a08e16)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
This list should have been in alphabetical order. It is now.
(Bitbake rev: 9b7fae5c36c7b48237ce7903434602ebc1a07b20)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Added brief descriptions for recideptask and lockfiles.
Reported-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
(Bitbake rev: ee52aa304680a27529264cb186df6936b0375118)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
I updated the note in the second chapter that discusses the role for
BB_NUMBER_THREADS. The updates make it a bit clearer.
Also scrubbed the manual for instances of user-supplied values to check
how they are being formatted. I fixed the formatting to use the
<replaceable></replaceable> tags so they are in italics.
(Bitbake rev: e2879c60e905d7566091d40eab330372fa001313)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Removed a note to myself in the BB_ORIGENV example.
Reported-by: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@intel.com>
(Bitbake rev: 27848725316ddae619c1b86f8adc0bfecfadf413)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Given that the "do_package_write" task doesn't exist in OE anymore,
steal another, existing example to demonstrate the "rdeptask" flag.
(Bitbake rev: 9e27bb2869e8ec6781d2f68d0585ebbf9ca6f3d8)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Reported-by: Laszlo Papp <lpapp@kde.org>
(Bitbake rev: 38150bc53c6bda5be7194f9acd112d362506d2ea)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Scott Rifenbark
Joshua Lock
Jérémy Rosen
Martin Samuelsson
Richard Purdie
Scott Rifenbark
Robert P. J. Day