It is worth noting and the state of the variables is being worked. I have several noted that I need to document. Understanding which ones are deprecated will be good too. Thanks for the diligence Robert.
Scott -----Original Message----- From: Robert P. J. Day [mailto:rpj...@crashcourse.ca] Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 1:43 AM To: Rifenbark, Scott M Cc: Yocto discussion list Subject: RE: [yocto] poky ref manual still confuses BB_ENV_WHITELIST and BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE On Fri, 23 Mar 2012, Rifenbark, Scott M wrote: > Okay - I dug into this a bit with the help of Scott Garman. He > uncovered a bit in the BitBake changelog. It states the following: > > "By default it will now only pass certain whitelisted variables into > the data store. If BB_PRESERVE_ENV is set bitbake will use all > variable from the environment. If BB_ENV_WHITELIST is set, that > whitelist will be used instead of the internal bitbake one. > Alternatively, BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE can be used to extend the internal > whitelist" it's also worth noting that none of those variables are listed in the variable glossary in the reference manual. should they be? i've already started a list of variables missing from the glossary. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ======================================================================== _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
