Re: what sources are *not* fetched by a "-c fetchall"?

[Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Fri, 2013-08-09 at 12:46 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>   currently testing a build for my beaglebone black using the meta-ti
> layer and, as i am wont to do, i did a:
> 
>   $ bitbake -c fetchall core-image-minimal
> 
> to (allegedly) fetch everything i would need for such a build.
> 
>   at that point, i did:
> 
>   $ bitbake core-image-minimal
> 
> and while this is running, i can see more source tarballs being pulled
> into the downloads directory -- examples:
> 
>   * file-5.13.tar.gz
>   * icu4c-50_1_2-src.tgz
>   * mklibs_0.1.34.tar.gz
>   * pcre-8.32.tar.bz2
> 
> and perhaps more since the build is not yet done.
> 
>   what is it about these particular packages that doesn't fall under
> the regular fetching from "-c fetchall"?

Which version of bitbake and the metadata was this with? There were some
issues fixed in that area fairly recently if I remember rightly.

Cheers,

Richard