On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 7:26 AM, Gary Thomas <g...@mlbassoc.com> wrote: > On 2015-07-24 18:37, Khem Raj wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 8:36 AM, Gary Thomas <g...@mlbassoc.com> wrote: >>> >>> On 2015-07-21 09:26, Victor Rodriguez wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi team >>>> >>>> I have a question , according to documentation there is a difference >>>> between >>>> >>>> IMAGE_INSTALL_append >>>> >>>> and >>>> >>>> CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL >>>> >>>> Specifies the list of packages to be added to the image. You should >>>> only set this variable in the local.conf configuration file found in >>>> the Build Directory. >>>> >>>> When I use the second one and try to build a core-image-minimal-xfce >>>> bitbake does not install what I wanted in my image . I had a really >>>> hard time few weekends ago because of this. >>>> >>>> I wonder If I am missing something or if this is a bug >>> >>> >>> >>> The core-image-minimal-xfce recipe does not "play nice" with >>> the core-image class and is not respecting CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL. >> >> >> >> its not required to. > > > Maybe it's not required, but since that is the recommended way to > add packages to an image, it probably should. As you can see from > the original question, the non-standard behaviour is confusing, > certainly to new users. It would only take a little reorganization > to make it work as expected. >
I really apreciate all the time you take to answer this mail I would like to summarize this part and came to a final conclusion Should I try to fix or should we leave it as it is ? Best regards Victor Rodriguez >> >>> >>> I think this should be filed as a bug (and feel free to suggest a patch) >>> >> >> No. Its not OE-Core or yocto bug >> >>> BTW, this question should really be on the OpenEmbedded development list. >> >> >> its valid for meta-xfce only. > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Gary Thomas | Consulting for the > MLB Associates | Embedded world > ------------------------------------------------------------ > -- > _______________________________________________ > Openembedded-devel mailing list > Openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org > http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-devel -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-devel mailing list Openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-devel