[meta-xilinx] PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-libc-headers = "3.6" getting ignored

[meta-xilinx] PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-libc-headers = "3.6" getting ignored

[Elvis Dowson]

Hi,
       In my zynq-7-default-versions.inc file, I have the following definitions for preferred versions

PREFERRED_VERSION_virtual/kernel ?= "3.6"
PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-libc-headers = "3.6"
PREFERRED_VERSION_u-boot = "2012.10"

However, when I build core-image-minimal, PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-libc-headers = "3.6" gets ignored and it goes ahead and builds linux-libc-headers_3.8.bb

Is it only effective if specified in the local.conf file?

Elvis Dowson

Re: [meta-xilinx] PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-libc-headers = "3.6" getting ignored

[Paul Eggleton]

On Friday 19 April 2013 11:44:49 Elvis Dowson wrote:
>        In my zynq-7-default-versions.inc file, I have the following
> definitions for preferred versions
> 
> PREFERRED_VERSION_virtual/kernel ?= "3.6"
> PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-libc-headers = "3.6"
> PREFERRED_VERSION_u-boot = "2012.10"
> 
> However, when I build core-image-minimal,
> PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-libc-headers = "3.6" gets ignored and it goes ahead
> and builds linux-libc-headers_3.8.bb
> 
> Is it only effective if specified in the local.conf file?

No, it should be effective anywhere - unless it's being overridden later on. In 
recent versions of bitbake, the -e option will show for each variable how the 
final value got set, you should be able to see where it is being overridden 
from there. Alternatively with older versions you should just be able to "git 
grep" for the value in each of the layers you have enabled in order to find 
where it is being set.

Are you sure you really need your own version of linux-libc-headers? Most of 
the time it is not necessary for the version to match that of the kernel you 
are using.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre