Re: [PATCH v3 10/10] devtool: modify: make bitbake use local files from srctree

[Markus Lehtonen <markus.lehtonen@linux.intel.com>]

Hi,

On Mon, 2015-09-28 at 14:48 +0100, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> Hi Markus,
> 
> On Thursday 24 September 2015 14:53:07 Markus Lehtonen wrote:
> > This change makes it possible to have local files (non-remote SRC_URI
> > files, i.e. files that are located in the "recipe space") under the
> > srctree even if S!=WORKDIR. The files must be placed under the
> > 'local-files' subdirectory.
> > 
> > Complements the previous patch that imports local files into srctree.
> > 
> > [YOCTO #7602]
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Markus Lehtonen <markus.lehtonen@linux.intel.com>
> > ---
> >  scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py | 9 +++++++--
> >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
> > b/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py index 6b85c8c..78b0d27 100644
> > --- a/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
> > +++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
> > @@ -558,8 +558,13 @@ def modify(args, config, basepath, workspace):
> >      if not os.path.exists(appendpath):
> >          os.makedirs(appendpath)
> >      with open(appendfile, 'w') as f:
> > -        f.write('FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"\n\n')
> > -        f.write('inherit externalsrc\n')
> > +        f.write('FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"\n')
> > +        # Local files can be modified/tracked in separate subdir under
> > srctree +        # Mostly useful for packages with S != WORKDIR
> > +        f.write('FILESPATH_prepend := "%s:"\n' %
> > +                os.path.join(srctree, 'local-files'))
> 
> Shouldn't this directory be named "oe-local-files"?

Argh, sorry, I had missed this email earlier. Yes, it should be
'oe-local-files'. An updated patch with a fix is available at:

http://cgit.openembedded.org/openembedded-core-contrib/log/?h=marquiz/devtool/localfiles



Thanks,
  Markus