Fixes [YOCTO #10854]
Feedback from the review indicated that CentOS python3-pip and
python3-expect should be python34-pip. Did this change.
(From yocto-docs rev: ae307a183328b3c572e3f63c0274806af244c618)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #9675]
I missed one occurrence of changing "smart" to "dnf" in the
Enabling Tests section. Corrected.
(From yocto-docs rev: b5106c7a38f51dbfea6d200072039f624be7ed3a)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10350]
Based on Henry's assesment that the wording was unclear in some
spots, I did a little smithing to try and help.
(From yocto-docs rev: b52bb8d73071ad6b7a0956dec2f84a84ae1c7045)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10946]
Based on feedback, I made some minor rewrites to a sentence describing
when you need to use a different form to get BitBake to pick up
hierarchical data as kernel data.
(From yocto-docs rev: 65fcd23826e9a69152933f84cb3f8bac650cd4e5)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #9675]
Various fixes to replace the "smart" package manager references
with "dnf".
(From yocto-docs rev: 721dc7fb637c4c03534eb19f61b0b08a7303826d)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10898]
I altered the verbiage used to describe the inclusive nature of
the beginline and endline note to be clear to non-native English
speaker based on feedback.
(From yocto-docs rev: 5edf417cd044ded30d1f8366ac0cde336d0da016)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10854]
I added extra "yum" commands and a make command to deal with
some essential packages needed for CentOS distribution. These
packages were missing.
(From yocto-docs rev: 38ac6cf0165f7dd7bbfd583e218b6948dafae29c)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10946]
There was insufficient information in the combination of the
BSP Guide and the Kernel Development Manual on just how to locate
and use kernel metadata.
* bsp-guide - Removed the detailed append file example for the
kernel recipe. This is moved now to the chapter in the kernel
manual that describes append files.
* kernel-dev - Placed the example from the BSP Guide into the
section that describes kernel append files. Cleaned up some
terminology issues throughout chapter 3. Added information
about how BitBake picks up kernel metadata when the metadata
is in a hierarchical directory and not just a simple *.scc
file.
(From yocto-docs rev: 1048acb7127e77ca9c1f524a208fe25344fcb57c)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
It seems that the two sections "Kernel Metadata Location" and
"Kernel Metadata Syntax" were flipped regarding their order of
apperance in the kernel-dev manual. I belive that syntax should
be first and then followed by a discussion on the location. I
have swapped these section's ordering in the manual.
(From yocto-docs rev: 167b088f459c7128bdc1abddd0b948be8f3bf5fe)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Convention is to avoid using hyperlinks for variables that appear
in <literallayout>/</literallalyout> coded blocks. I removed the
links for the KERNEL_FEATURES and LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE variables,
which appeared in a literal block and put the links into the
context of the description.
(From yocto-docs rev: 3384f67e4b9f15e8f96297ceb2aafc63a5994d22)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
The section in the dev-manual that introduces BSP Layers for the
first time was missing a general link to reference into the BSP
Guide to help the user understand BSP Layer structure. I added
a note.
(From yocto-docs rev: c515e30a551e96e11091c3850f7eed1b034abdad)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
poky.ent - changed the "tbd" and "TBD" strings to "pyro" and
"Pyro", respectively.
Manual Head Files - Updated the manual history table with the
May release month.
(From yocto-docs rev: 076226d2986d0cf69685121e4342f50c1603fc7b)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10898]
It is hard to get the exact start and end for included license text
during a LIC_FILES_CHKSUM operation. I updated the notes indicating
that the QA message returned upon failure includes the attempted
license text. The user can better adjust his LIC_FILES_CHKSUM
statement to then dig out the proper text.
(From yocto-docs rev: 1db04334703f35f1cab933c345fb1db43fd0af79)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #11017]
There is no current way to specify or list plug-in dependencies
when building a Wic image. The variable WKS_FILE_DEPENDS was introduced
to allow the user to use this in the recipe building the image.
I added a description and example of the variable to the ref-manual
variable glossary. I also cross-referenced the variable in the
"Plug-ins" section of the dev-manual to point to the variable for
more information.
(From yocto-docs rev: 5a1072499ab80f74ffec6af2cc0b2f1987843a25)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10350]
A situation exists where a user deploys a new application using
devtool target-deploy and the new application has runtime dependencies
that are not already on the target. When this situation exists, the
application misbehaves if it calls a missing function. I added the
explanation of this situation to the section that describes the
devtool deploy-target command. Also, put a pointer in the section
on devtool add for cross-reference purposes.
(From yocto-docs rev: 694151e397ff40871b3ec8700c39d32a15814535)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #11048]
No documentation existed for telling the user how to create signed
RPM packages or for how to use signed package feeds. I have created
a new section on the topic to describe both scenarios.
(From yocto-docs rev: cbdde75f06b1fc190b8e4f7f93f302dc238e3e7f)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10888]
The YP documentation was missing information on how the major
and minor (point) release process works. I added a new chapter
in front of the "Maintenance" chapter that details the naming
schemes, cadence, and maintenance for YP releases.
(From yocto-docs rev: b486f871e1fb8a6f763510ed385f459fe215fa27)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10854]
The distros for Fedora, OpenSUSE and CentOS needed these.
(From yocto-docs rev: a83dcca50681d589fbcc924de4845e62de053810)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10855]
In order for BitBake to run, we needed to add two more packages to
the essential host packages: "xz" and "which". I have added these
to the poky.ent file variables for each host and did the formatting
so that the manuals render properly.
(From yocto-docs rev: 1bfbdcb58e31ca6e978d6dcccd6d58fbd68dbf2b)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #11021]
The "Maintaining Open Source License Compliance During Your
Product's Lifecycle" section in the dev manual covers use of
archiver.bbclass, but is missing mention of the filtering
options (e.g COPYLEFT_LICENSE_INCLUDE, COPYLEFT_LICENSE_EXCLUDE
and COPYLEFT_RECIPE_TYPES). I added descriptions for these
three. During the write-up, Paul noticed a couple other variables
missing: COPYLEFT_PN_INCLUDE and COPYLEFT_PN_EXCLUDE. I also
added descriptions for these two variables.
(From yocto-docs rev: 450311037ea3048d30057c0b9d294efd33db2d3c)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #9376]
Expanded many of the brief descriptions for the kernel-related
tasks.
(From yocto-docs rev: ee9e54aa9f148e5438cd9bdf7e55d7fa43cc3ec5)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
The section "Maintaining Open Source License Compliance During
Your Product's Lifecycle" had a vew minor typo things (e.g. duplicated
word and some formatting issues). I fixed these.
(From yocto-docs rev: 67beb658445e79129d8aae1739bb33c000367107)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #11010]
The second example was incorrect in the glossary entry. Instead
of "1" an image name place holder was in the example. I put "1"
in there.
(From yocto-docs rev: 00ab787d0d90da5c6d384c3669e804c9b2baca53)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10076]
The note on the title page for each manual was brief regarding
where to find the latest version of the manual. I updated the
note to have more detailed information on finding current,
alternate, and latest versions of the manual based on YP
releases.
(From yocto-docs rev: 0ec81465296a7a78309d3039af4d00caa52d2285)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
core-image-directfb was removed from oe-core with this commit:
remove core-image-directfb.bb as part of moving directfb
from oe-core
(From OE-Core rev: 8871fe1189776d78e5848b08edb9c990b9aebf2d)
I made the similar change to the ref-manual by removing it
from the "Images" chapter.
(From yocto-docs rev: bee62aea8469cfca77e6f5e97a9ef2f52f16c9cb)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
The generated package-depends.dot and pn-depends.dot stuff
contains partial data about the taskgraph and tends to
confuse users. Richard Purdie suggested removing these from
bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py. I have removed the references to
them in the "Viewing Dependencies Between Recipes and Tasks"
section of the ref-manual.
(From yocto-docs rev: 3dc9b124532b52369cec2de8209f33aebce2b648)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10889]
Missing this package. Speculation is that this package was
part of the Python 2.7 stuff but not Python 3. So, adding it
clears the issue up.
(From yocto-docs rev: c61672267f872ed0f57ecf83d86b0d96080aac51)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Apparently, this package dropped out when migrating to Python3.
So, I have added it to all the supported distributions as an
essential package.
Fixes [YOCTO #10909]
(From yocto-docs rev: e5f915fb80fc36db515ad5a56bc31228a7f875d3)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixed [YOCTO #10854]
BitBake fails on a new Ubuntu/Debian installation unless the
"cpio", "Python", and "python3" packages are installed. I added
these to the essentials list variable for the distro. Affects
both the YP Quick Start and YP ref-manual.
(From yocto-docs rev: 7a0ef9a85404ef4478bae103d1ea47c3e1c675f0)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10855]
On Fedora version 24, missing packages were preventing
BitBake from running. These essential packages included
"python", "cpio", and "file". Also, missing for openSUSE
were "python3", "python3-curses", and "tar".
I added these sets of packages to the essentials variable
for each of the hosts involved. They resolve to both the
YP Quick Start and YP Reference Manual, appropriately.
(From yocto-docs rev: 5150bb932536dc17d99f94a96245655144ae5137)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10905]
I updated the section with suggested improvements for completeness.
The section has been broken into more subsections and provides the
reader with more direction on mailing lists based on components
changed.
(From yocto-docs rev: f7c9010c14d96c64d00ca32e2e217d2dd1343919)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10898]
No information indicated the use of "endline" and "beginline"
in the examples setting LIC_FILES_CHKSUM. I added a note
indicating that line numbering starts with one and the "endline"
value is inclusive.
(From yocto-docs rev: 21114f09efa423033da67af1f27c99eb3cb9695d)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10076]
Added a new note for where the reader can find the most recent
version of the manual dictated by release or in-progress work.
(From yocto-docs rev: 8c2bd2a72ba89354027fa87872395d5b727c8b90)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10818]
There is a weird and intermittant error that can occur on any given
distribution that has a 4.3+ Linux kernel and a version 228+ systemd.
The error happens during an initial build of an image and indicates
that resources are unavailable. Investigation determines that
resources are available. The combination of the kernel and the
systemd in a distro is causing issues when a distro is upgraded.
yocto-project-qs:
I added a note in the two areas where the user is stepped through
the bitbake process to build an image. The note mentions the
possibility of the error, the host configuration situation, and a
couple work-arounds, which are to reboot the machine or to set the
"DefaultTaskMax" systemd parameter to "infinity".
ref-manual:
Added the same note in the "Building an Image" section.
(From yocto-docs rev: 3516803f9e6b5a29e4f95d31742c6e03ff63ef41)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10621]
bmaptool is integrated into the OpenEmbedded build system but is
not documented. I added a new section describing how to flash an
image to media using the tool. Also, updated a small section in the
Wic part of the manual that used "dd" to flash an example. I added
a bmaptool counterpart here and referenced the reader back to the
main new section.
(From yocto-docs rev: 98ebe9acccceea2b833c1372a3e664befd1b6aef)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10621]
bmaptool is integrated into the OpenEmbedded build system but is
not documented. I added a new section describing how to flash an
image to media using the tool. Also, updated a small section in the
Wic part of the manual that used "dd" to flash an example. I added
a bmaptool counterpart here and referenced the reader back to the
main new section.
(From yocto-docs rev: 83a9a3aa5f20c7f389306eea9213eabea997aba1)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #7096]
Applied a couple review comments to the section to clarify where
to set key variables. Also fixed an incorrect variable name used
to specify the *.cpio file.
(From yocto-docs rev: 24861b36804cbd636aafc36b1918bcfe33ca3811)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #6132]
No mention of how to make the target directory /var/log
persistent. I added a note to the "post-install-logging"
image feature that points to the new VOLATILE_LOG_DIR
variable description, which I added to the glossary.
(From yocto-docs rev: 5d2bdf49e569e44d02602501d72418f04dbe6e4a)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10763]
The final example in the section describing how to create
the base recipe using receipetool create was wrong. I updated
it to use the -d option in addition to the -o opetion. I also
changed the description to match appropriately.
(From yocto-docs rev: 8cc6d5e21532eeaac0e6d9ace3e0b58803a9804e)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #7096]
We did not document how to create an initramfs image to be included
with a kernel build. Various variables sort of inferred the
knowledge. I created a new section in the "Common Tasks" section
of the dev-manual that describes how to create an initramfs image.
Also, I updated the kernel.bbclass reference section to point back
to the new "how-to" section.
Finally, I also created a bunch of cross-reference links from various
related variables back to the new "how-to" section.
(From yocto-docs rev: 289dfbd5d24241e42446a043104eecd6dca76f13)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
This term was incorrect and I have replaced it with the
term "partitioned."
(From yocto-docs rev: 50dd5c6994a2f799fdaf1ccbf7138b0074e981ee)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
new information on how wic works
(From yocto-docs rev: 7b6a54a593a678442541b1fa6847498a792183c7)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
This new variable points to the location of the wics kickstart
file.
(From yocto-docs rev: 80d18224140f95fdca0b4efad8f6a6e545ee4d56)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10714]
Apparently there is some issues with GTK3 libraries for the Mars
Eclipse version. The note provides a workaround that requires
editing the eclipse.ini file.
(From yocto-docs rev: f940d5d3f7bf446af8f3c7cec5958c8395425a69)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
The fact that the OpenEmbedded build system can now build
multiple image types caused the KERNEL_IMAGE_BASE_NAME variable
to have the KERNEL_IMAGETYPE portion removed. This could cause
existing recipes that use the KERNEL_IMAGE_BASE_NAME variable
directly issues. I added a section indicating that the user
should address those recipes to avoid problems.
(From yocto-docs rev: c433fca3840440c14bb364a51afc5c3c2bfc7c88)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10717]
Now that multiple images can be built, the KERNEL_IMAGE_BASE_NAME
no longer requires "${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}" as part of its default
value. I have removed this portion of the default definition
described in the glossary.
(From yocto-docs rev: 713b3c141dfb66fc3852b5a997a7fc19d494e97b)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #10351]
I added a note to the "Post Installation Scripts" section of the
"Writing a New Recipe" section to call out the fact that the
RPM package manager will not install packages on the target when
any RPM post-install script returns a non-zero exit code when
the script is run on the target.
(From yocto-docs rev: 8565b0ba874f3357500a91640c0f77077c83b8d6)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Scott Rifenbark
Martin Vuille