I've attached a build_info.inc that I've used in some of my image to the issue - comments welcome. Currently I include a build timestamp, and the names and version info on all the layers used in the build and put it in /etc/build
Doug On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Philip Balister <phi...@balister.org> wrote: > I added https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6770 > > Sorry no patch yet :) > > Philip > > On 09/10/2014 12:38 AM, Paul Eggleton wrote: > > On Tuesday 09 September 2014 15:03:39 Philip Balister wrote: > >> On 09/08/2014 07:08 PM, Leo Schwab wrote: > >>> We'd like to have the system images we build to contain a build id, or > >>> at least a pile of information inside the image itself that lets us > >>> identify which build is being run/tested. Indeed, the information > >>> 'bitbake' kicks out just as it starts a build is exactly the sort of > >>> thing we'd like sitting in a file in the image somewhere. > >>> > >>> I turned on the 'buildhistory' feature in conf/local.conf which, among > >>> other things, generates a 'build-id' file. However, it doesn't place > >>> it in the image, but in an entirely separate directory hierarchy. > >>> > >>> Surely this sort of thing has been done before. Is there an existing > >>> recipe I can use, or will I have to cobble together a custom recipe > >>> out of buildhistory_get_layers() or get_layers_branch_rev()? > >> > >> I was asking the same question yesterday. I have a hacky solution for my > >> immediate need, but I'd like a long term solution along these lines > also. > >> > >> Should we add this to bugzilla and see if we can get it done for 1.8? (I > >> think I ahve the version number right) > > > > Yes, please add this to the bugzilla. This has also come up before > several > > times, we should just do it (and bonus points if someone wants to send a > patch > > ;). > > > > Cheers, > > Paul > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > yocto mailing list > yocto@yoctoproject.org > https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto > -- Doug Geiger doug.gei...@bioradiation.net
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