From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mga14.intel.com ([143.182.124.37]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TmrhL-0001E6-2w for bitbake-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Sun, 23 Dec 2012 20:58:59 +0100 Received: from azsmga002.ch.intel.com ([10.2.17.35]) by azsmga102.ch.intel.com with ESMTP; 23 Dec 2012 11:43:04 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,343,1355126400"; d="scan'208";a="184089571" Received: from unknown (HELO helios.localnet) ([10.252.123.19]) by AZSMGA002.ch.intel.com with ESMTP; 23 Dec 2012 11:43:02 -0800 From: Paul Eggleton To: Bob Cochran Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 19:43 +0000 Message-ID: <5680339.a2UlTKzCpO@helios> Organization: Intel Corporation User-Agent: KMail/4.9.3 (Linux/3.5.0-21-generic; KDE/4.9.3; i686; ; ) In-Reply-To: <50D53C11.5030404@mindchasers.com> References: <50D50E7A.6060201@mindchasers.com> <50D53C11.5030404@mindchasers.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: bitbake-devel@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: executable metadata not supported in bbappend files? X-BeenThere: bitbake-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 19:59:00 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" On Friday 21 December 2012 23:50:25 Bob Cochran wrote: > On 12/21/2012 08:35 PM, Bob Cochran wrote: > > I just noticed that the current bitbake manual states in the "Defining > > executable metadata" section that executable metadata is only supported > > in .bb and .bbclass files, but I find that I can put (at least some > > basic) tasks in .bbappend files, too. > > > > Is this an oversight in the documentation, or are there gotchas adding > > tasks to bbappend files that I haven't come across? If it's the former, > > I'll submit a patch. > > I see that bbappend isn't mentioned anywhere in the bitbake manual. > That's a little confusing? This is just an example of where the bitbake manual needs updating - bbappends weren't implemented when it was written. I believe the bitbake manual is being updated at the moment but I'm sure patches would still be welcome to extend it to mention bbappends in the appropriate places. Cheers, Paul -- Paul Eggleton Intel Open Source Technology Centre