Re: [OE-core] [RFC PATCH 0/6] (e)SDK workflow directly in a Yocto build

[Paul Eggleton <bluelightning@bluelightning.org>]

Hi Alex

On Wednesday, 22 June 2022 22:33:06 NZDT Alexander Kanavin wrote:
> There's been a recent discussion about how we can make the Yocto SDK
> experience better [1]. One of the ideas was to eliminate the SDK
> as a separate artefact altogether and simply provide everything
> that the SDK and eSDKs do directly in a yocto build. This does not
> mean that people have to 'learn Yocto', but rather that the integrators
> should provide a well-functioning sstate cache infrastructure (same as
> with minimal eSDK, really), and a few wrapper scripts for setting up the
> build and the SDK environment that run layer setup and bitbake behind the
> scenes.

FWIW I think this is quite clever - well done :)

One question though:

> 2. Run:
> $ bitbake meta-ide-support
> $ bitbake -c populate_sysroot gtk+3
> (or any other target or native item that the application developer would
> need) 
> $ bitbake populate-sysroots

Should this have been "build-sysroots"? "populate-sysroots" doesn't seem to be 
a valid target. It looks like this is in the SDK manual as well.

Cheers
Paul