From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from vms173019pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.19]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NSmWm-0006UQ-4K for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:11:31 +0100 Received: from gandalf.denix.org ([unknown] [71.255.235.232]) by vms173019.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0KVV0089C538BBV4@vms173019.mailsrvcs.net> for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:09:09 -0600 (CST) Received: by gandalf.denix.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id ACEA714AF60; Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:09:08 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:09:08 -0500 From: Denys Dmytriyenko To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org Message-id: <20100107060908.GA29972@denix.org> References: MIME-version: 1.0 In-reply-to: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 206.46.173.19 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: denis@denix.org X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:20:07 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on linuxtogo.org); Unknown failure Subject: Re: what the use of toolchain-extras.tar.gz generated by bitbake meta-toolchain 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: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:11:31 -0000 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 01:21:42PM +0800, Guo Hongruan wrote: > Hi guys, > Today, I am wondering what the use of toolchain-extra.tar.gz generated by > bitbake meta-toolchain*. When and How the application developers need it? > Is toolcain.tar.gz not enough? >From meta-toolchain.bb, line #69: # extract and store ipks, pkgdata and shlibs data The extras (and not extra) tarball provides pieces to easily use the generated toolchain within OE, instead of on its own. And external-toolchain(-generic).bb has hooks for using those pieces. -- Denys