From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OXG4N-0006I9-SN for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:05:56 +0200 Received: from orsmga002.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.21]) by orsmga102.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 09 Jul 2010 02:47:50 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.53,562,1272870000"; d="scan'208";a="533845604" Received: from unknown (HELO [10.255.17.68]) ([10.255.17.68]) by orsmga002.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 09 Jul 2010 02:49:10 -0700 From: Joshua Lock To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org In-Reply-To: <201007091049.09034.schnitzeltony@gmx.de> References: <0B51A1E7C61D114DAE6FC10B0FD0ABA501819DAE@deimsg40.de.net.world> <201007091049.09034.schnitzeltony@gmx.de> Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:48:32 +0100 Message-ID: <1278668912.2706.3.camel@scimitar> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.30.2 (2.30.2-1.fc13) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 134.134.136.24 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: josh@linux.intel.com X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on discovery X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:20:07 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on linuxtogo.org) Subject: Re: Best practice to resolve dependency loops ? X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:06:04 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Fri, 2010-07-09 at 10:49 +0200, Andreas Mueller wrote: > On Friday 09 July 2010 10:05:56 am Hauser, Wolfgang (external) wrote: > > What is the best practice to examine and solve such problems ? > > I would like to add an additional question: > > bitbake supports -g for dependency trees in dot syntax. What is the best tool to browse these files. I checked graphviz but this just paints complete unviewable posters. Is there e.g something like > a dot to html converter aavialable? You can use the dependency explorer UI built into Bitbake: bitbake -g -u depexp some-task Cheers, Joshua -- Joshua Lock Intel Open Source Technology Centre