just now noticed the variable PACKAGE_BEFORE_PN, whose entire
usage in poky (other than documentation) is:
meta/conf/bitbake.conf:PACKAGE_BEFORE_PN ?= ""
meta/conf/bitbake.conf:PACKAGES = "${PN}-dbg ${PN}-staticdev ${PN}-dev
${PN}-doc ${PN}-locale ${PACKAGE_BEFORE_PN} ${PN}"
meta/classes/lib_package.bbclass:PACKAGE_BEFORE_PN = "${PN}-bin"
is there an actual need for that variable that places the new
package names *precisely* in that location in the PACKAGES list? and
given the specificity of the initial PN-related packages:
"${PN}-dbg ${PN}-staticdev ${PN}-dev ${PN}-doc ${PN}-locale"
is there any reason more recipes couldn't use PACKAGE_BEFORE_PN
instead of "PACKAGES =+" when defining new packages? i *realize*
those two things don't represent the same thing but, in many cases,
would the end result be the same?
is there any reason more code doesn't use "PACKAGE_BEFORE_PN"?
rday
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