On Fri, 20 Oct 2017 13:30:06 +0000 "Koehler, Yannick" <yannick.koeh...@hpe.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > > > I have been using Yocto for over 2 years now, and whenever I create a new > bbappend file, I always have to remember that FILESEXTRAPATHS variable, > often typing it wrong, EXTRAFILESPATHS or FILEEXTRAPATHS or FILESEXTRAPATH, > etc. > > > > I did a quick check on my setup and on 102 bbappend recipe found, there are > 73 that uses the FILESEXTRAPATHS variable, so that is around 71% of them. > > > > I was wondering if the team would enhance the user/dev experience here and > modify bitbake behavior as to not require this variable and be able to > "override" any FILESPATH that already exists with the bbappend location. So > that for example the FILESPATH "files" would be looked up in the bbappend > folder location before the initial bb recipe folder location automatically > without having to manually enter a FILESEXTRAPATHS statement. One easy way to avoid this error is to place the FILESEXTRAPATHS variable inside a custom bbclass them inherit it from the recipe, at least it is less prone to typos. We do not want to force users to place patches inside a particular folder (policy), instead the system offer a mechanism to place these any place you want (other recipes choose PN, for example) > > > > Or alternatively, a script or command to create an initial skeleton bbappend > with the initial .bb in comment > > > > bbappend mylayer recipename.bb > > # Create a file under mylayer/recipes-*/*.bbappend (using % > for version when not specified on cmd line) with the original .bb in comment > and a section containing FILESEXTRAPATHS > Right, I think there is no tool to create bbappends from the command line. Anyway, feel free to file a bug (bugzilla.yoctoproject.org) with your enhancement. > > > I think this would greatly help when creating those files. > > > > -- > > Yannick Koehler > > HPE Aruba > -- Leonardo Sandoval <leonardo.sandoval.gonza...@linux.intel.com> -- _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
