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>
I added some whitespace to bring the example to use 5 spaces
rather than for so that it follows the manual's convention.
(Bitbake rev: 4c6e7d88d715db18e61bb263dfd2672ebb6c6b09)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
I added text to separate this example code from the general
BitBake User Manual's spirit of standing alone and away from
YP or OE stuff. Also, added another space to move the examples
code so that 5 spaces are used for literal indentation.
(Bitbake rev: 17fcac8a7b21afa5c7d201e94cbf603ab07ba70c)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
I noticed that the examples from some patches were not indenting
by 5 spaces. I have fixed these to be consistent.
(Bitbake rev: c487341bd20b70aae6b430ee1c74a7f20345f81a)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
"fakeroot" is now specified as a function attribute, not as a task
flag.
(Bitbake rev: 749b39a8e5e8060222c748a349efc31f541da94e)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
I think having a couple real-life examples here would make a huge
difference.
Comment from Scott: I modified the example description to indicate
that it is from an OpenEmbedded metadata-based recipe (i.e from
YP). We have been trying very hard to keep the BitBake User
Manual as separate as possible from the YP docs.
(Bitbake rev: 834780772a08ecce7ed863e96d0674b47d0e589d)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
As long as i've understood everything correctly, this is just
throwing in some physical examples of a couple concepts.
(Bitbake rev: a18cc69c2fef6484a6acd78ea008d1da71198e68)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Added wording to clearly state immediate or delayed application
for various operators.
Reported-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
(Bitbake rev: 877c4c9a466e26953abd6fe416c2cba092607dac)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
There is no "populate_staging" any longer, should be
"populate_sysroot".
(Bitbake rev: dbe5902e64259e2143f09ab1aa9afa03aa02f4c4)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Added a brief subsection to the "Basic Syntax" section that
describes the issue using the tilde character (~) when providing
a pathname as part of a statement. BitBake does not expand
this character like the shell does. We recommend to not use
it in pathnames.
(Bitbake rev: 8e4c5cee932c3f38d4147c59612d76ca0b002727)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Per Paul Eggleton's suggestion, I added a new section on
anonymous Python functions into the "Functions" section.
I also updated the intro text to account for the added
type of functions.
(Bitbake rev: 983d03c1a082e2b83187f0788e61a7941670b242)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #5472]
Applied review edits from Paul Eggleton to this section.
Minor edits and some re-writing.
(Bitbake rev: 7259d9d40aad8254751f7674653cd362a9023054)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
This manual gets combined with other manuals and in that context, it helps
a lot if its seen as the Bitbake User Manual. Renames are a pain but
this is worthwhile so that other docs can correctly be combined with this
one. This also clarifies things like google search results which is helpful.
(Bitbake rev: 452a62ae0c2793e281d6769fd3e45500a74898d6)
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Scott Rifenbark
Martin Samuelsson
Richard Purdie
Scott Rifenbark
Robert P. J. Day
Robert Yang