Re: [yocto] Using files from package dependencies

2016-12-05 Thread Paul Eggleton
On Mon, 05 Dec 2016 21:06:05 Paulo Neves wrote: > Hello Paul, I understood that. The part of the specific paths is the > one that breaks convention and has no easily visible documentation, or > am I missing something. We do mention it in at least a couple of places:

Re: [yocto] Using files from package dependencies

2016-12-05 Thread Paul Eggleton
On Mon, 05 Dec 2016 09:42:42 Nicolas Dechesne wrote: > On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 7:59 AM, Paulo Neves wrote: > > I have a recipe which depends on another package's file to do it's > > job. How can I arbitrarily access a file from another package which my > > recipe depends on? >

Re: [yocto] Using files from package dependencies

2016-12-05 Thread Khem Raj
On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 7:08 AM, Paulo Neves wrote: > Hello Nicolas, thank you for your advice and hints but I "need" to > corrupt a bit the conventions of yocto and use specific package names > (due to compatibility with other older build systems) > > The magic behind the fact

Re: [yocto] Using files from package dependencies

2016-12-05 Thread Paulo Neves
Hello Nicolas, thank you for your advice and hints but I "need" to corrupt a bit the conventions of yocto and use specific package names (due to compatibility with other older build systems) The magic behind the fact that my special package sysroot directories were not being moved to the yocto

Re: [yocto] Using files from package dependencies

2016-12-05 Thread Nicolas Dechesne
On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 10:10 AM, Paulo Neves wrote: > Sorry for my ambiguity. When I mentioned binaries I meant general > binary data, not necessarily executable. Their only need is that the > new recipe needs to be fed these data from the other package so it can > produce

Re: [yocto] Using files from package dependencies

2016-12-05 Thread Paulo Neves
Sorry for my ambiguity. When I mentioned binaries I meant general binary data, not necessarily executable. Their only need is that the new recipe needs to be fed these data from the other package so it can produce it's own output. This binary data only needs to be available in the host pc, in the

Re: [yocto] Using files from package dependencies

2016-12-05 Thread Nicolas Dechesne
On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 9:54 AM, Paulo Neves wrote: > The files form this other package are mostly binaries in a directory > structure. I have to create an additional package which works with the > other package's(the dependency) installed directory structure. > Also you hinted

Re: [yocto] Using files from package dependencies

2016-12-05 Thread Paulo Neves
Hi Nicolas, The files form this other package are mostly binaries in a directory structure. I have to create an additional package which works with the other package's(the dependency) installed directory structure. Also you hinted at something I didn't know before, which was that packages need to

Re: [yocto] Using files from package dependencies

2016-12-05 Thread Nicolas Dechesne
On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 7:59 AM, Paulo Neves wrote: > I have a recipe which depends on another package's file to do it's > job. How can I arbitrarily access a file from another package which my > recipe depends on? > > I searched for this kind of problem but did not find it

[yocto] Using files from package dependencies

2016-12-04 Thread Paulo Neves
Hello, I have a recipe which depends on another package's file to do it's job. How can I arbitrarily access a file from another package which my recipe depends on? I searched for this kind of problem but did not find it Best regards Paulo Neves --