From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.chez-thomas.org (mail.mlbassoc.com [65.100.170.105]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0367E006D2 for ; Mon, 9 Dec 2013 09:04:57 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix, from userid 1998) id D1224F81220; Mon, 9 Dec 2013 10:04:56 -0700 (MST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on hermes.chez-thomas.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=4.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 Received: from [192.168.1.114] (zeus [192.168.1.114]) by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E395F8121E; Mon, 9 Dec 2013 10:04:56 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <52A5F868.3040304@mlbassoc.com> Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2013 10:05:44 -0700 From: Gary Thomas User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Otavio Salvador References: <1386605416-19779-1-git-send-email-rjohnweber@gmail.com> <52A5EF29.3040902@mlbassoc.com> <52A5EFA1.5060806@gmail.com> <52A5F142.70807@mlbassoc.com> <52A5F3BA.3030502@gmail.com> <52A5F58A.4080301@mlbassoc.com> <52A5F6F0.9080109@mlbassoc.com> In-Reply-To: Cc: "meta-freescale@yoctoproject.org" Subject: Re: [meta-fsl-arm][PATCH] u-boot-fslc: Add tag to git SRC_URI X-BeenThere: meta-freescale@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Usage and development list for the meta-fsl-* layers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2013 17:04:57 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 2013-12-09 10:00, Otavio Salvador wrote: > On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Gary Thomas wrote: >> On 2013-12-09 09:55, Otavio Salvador wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Gary Thomas wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Do you have an use example where you'd need it? >>>>>> >>>>> I think he means to do something like this: >>>>> >>>>> GITTAG ??= "patches-2013.10" >>>>> SRC_URI = "git://github.com/Freescale/u-boot-imx.git;tag=${GITTAG}" >>>>> >>>>> This way he can override GITTAG in his .bbappend, correct? >>>> >>>> >>>> Correct. The ??= isn't even necessary since the .bbappend can >>>> always override it. >>> >>> >>> In this case you're using an old version of the bootloader in your >>> internal BSP, right? I'd expect you to add an .bb file for this >>> version instead and use PREFERRED_VERSION to use it. >> >> >> Why should I do that when .bbappend works perfectly well? I can also >> see this as a case when new boards are added or old ones are still >> around and they get updated on different schedules. >> >> Also, what does it hurt to be flexible? > > In this case you'd have a 2013.10 recipe building/installing a 2013.04 > version for example, this is misleading and confusing for someone > using the BSP. > You do what you want - I just hope that I don't end up having to clone all of meta-fsl-arm* just because you fear a little flexibility :-( -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | Consulting for the MLB Associates | Embedded world ------------------------------------------------------------