On 2014-03-24 17:18, Jate S wrote: > What is the name of the mirror tarball that's created? I am trying to > see if it worked. I saw no log messages stating "Creating tarball of > git repository".
It will look something like this (for the opkg-utils_git recipe) downloads/git2_git.yoctoproject.org.opkg-utils.tar.gz You should then arrange to move/copy any of these tarballs to your mirror so you benefit from this the next time around (when building in a new/different build tree) > On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Gary Thomas <g...@mlbassoc.com> wrote: >> On 2014-03-21 15:54, Jate S wrote: >>> The documentation has warnings of space usage. Will it start using >>> lots of space? If so, can I use it on a per mirror basis? >> >> Yes, the tarballs can be quite large, but they are incredibly useful >> with a local mirror. Especially when you consider that updating a GIT >> checkout, e.g. the Linux kernel. can take a *really* long time. >> >>> I am using a local mirror, so maybe the space usage will not be a problem. >> >> The space needed will not be terribly different than what you've already >> encountered without generating the tarballs. >> >> n.b. it's polite to keep replies on the mailing list so that everyone >> benefits. >> >>> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 5:33 PM, Gary Thomas <g...@mlbassoc.com> wrote: >>>> On 2014-03-21 15:27, Jate S wrote: >>>>> I am running into a bottleneck with the linux-yocto recipe on dora >>>>> 1.5.1. The fetch retrieves git2_git.yoctoproject.org.git.tar.gz, but >>>>> then it hits a bottleneck when it must do a git fetch to update to the >>>>> required references. The git server does not have high bandwdith. >>>>> >>>>> One workaround that I've found is to archive the git repository and >>>>> replace the tar.gz in the downloads directory. The recipe then finds >>>>> the required references. >>>>> >>>>> Would BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS actually take care of this? Any >>>>> other recommendations? >>>> >>>> Yes, that's exactly what BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS does. The updated >>>> tarball will end up in your downloads directory. If you use any sort of >>>> local mirror, you'll want to push the new tarball to it for the next time. >> >> -- >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> Gary Thomas | Consulting for the >> MLB Associates | Embedded world >> ------------------------------------------------------------ -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | Consulting for the MLB Associates | Embedded world ------------------------------------------------------------ -- _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
