RE: [yocto] hosttools

RE: [yocto] hosttools

[Monsees, Steven C (US)]

Thank you, this explains/fixes an anomaly I saw while building under Jenkins...

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From: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> 
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2022 8:43 AM
To: Monsees, Steven C (US) <steven.monsees@baesystems.com>; yocto@lists.yoctoproject.org
Subject: Re: [yocto] hosttools

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On Mon, 2022-01-10 at 13:21 +0000, Monsees, Steven C (US) via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
>  
> How does yocto determine the locations/paths to the “hosttools” ?
>  
> Is there precedence order established for locating the “hosttools” ?,  
> and how would one update the search list so as to pick the tool from a 
> different/specific location ?
>  

It uses PATH, just like the shell would. You'd adjust PATH to influence it.

Once it is constructed you have to remove the path to cause it to be regenerated.

Cheers,

Richard