From: Jack Mitchell <ml@communistcode.co.uk>
To: yocto@yoctoproject.org
Subject: Re: wiki entry on how to create own source download mirror
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:14:09 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F69A9F1.2090602@communistcode.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1203210547020.19919@oneiric>
On 21/03/12 09:50, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> just noticed someone refer to this "How do I" entry:
>
> https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/How_do_I#Q:_How_create_my_own_source_download_mirror_.3F
>
> i'm tempted to clarify that section in a couple ways unless there are
> any objections.
>
> first, i don't think that section makes it clear that that technique
> can also be used to just *use* a local source mirror if you already
> happen to have a directory of tarballs lying around for some reason.
> (that's how i came to use it -- several gigs of tarballs from earlier
> days messing with OE.)
>
> also, unnecessary to do "complete build", i just do "bitbake -c
> fetchall<image>".
>
> thoughts?
>
> rday
>
Sounds good to me, I was the one who suggested it and thought it could
possibly be a bit lacking if you didn't have at least a basic base
knowledge of OE/Bitbake.
Cheers,
--
Jack Mitchell (jack@embed.me.uk)
Embedded Systems Engineer
http://www.embed.me.uk
--
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2012-03-21 9:50 wiki entry on how to create own source download mirror Robert P. J. Day
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