wiki entry on how to create own source download mirror

wiki entry on how to create own source download mirror

[Robert P. J. Day]

  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

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Re: wiki entry on how to create own source download mirror

[Jack Mitchell]

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,

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   Jack Mitchell (jack@embed.me.uk)
   Embedded Systems Engineer
   http://www.embed.me.uk

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Re: wiki entry on how to create own source download mirror

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Wed, 21 Mar 2012, Jack Mitchell wrote:

> 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.

  i'll try to get to that later today if time permits.  if you feel
like jumping in first, feel free.  (or anyone else, for that matter.)

rday

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                        http://crashcourse.ca

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