Updating configuration files, how to

Updating configuration files, how to

[Jaap de Jong]

Hi All,

I am wondering what the best approach is for creating 'standard' 
packages with updated configuration files.
As an example: I want to have a package with an updated 
/etc/network/interfaces file to reflect my systems hardware.
Should I create a init-ifupdown_1.0.bbappend recipe with the updated file?
What other options do I have?
What are you guys using for this?
And how about the package name in such a case. Append something to its name?

Thanks in advance!
Jaap

Re: Updating configuration files, how to

[Gary Thomas]

On 2016-03-10 10:15, Jaap de Jong wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am wondering what the best approach is for creating 'standard' packages with updated configuration files.
> As an example: I want to have a package with an updated /etc/network/interfaces file to reflect my systems hardware.
> Should I create a init-ifupdown_1.0.bbappend recipe with the updated file?
> What other options do I have?
> What are you guys using for this?
> And how about the package name in such a case. Append something to its name?

I use a init-ifupdown_1.0.bbappend in my target machine (BSP) layer,
this way these settings only affect the particular machine(s).

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Re: Updating configuration files, how to

[Paul Eggleton]

On Thu, 10 Mar 2016 10:37:10 Gary Thomas wrote:
> On 2016-03-10 10:15, Jaap de Jong wrote:
> > I am wondering what the best approach is for creating 'standard' packages
> > with updated configuration files. As an example: I want to have a package
> > with an updated /etc/network/interfaces file to reflect my systems
> > hardware. Should I create a init-ifupdown_1.0.bbappend recipe with the
> > updated file? What other options do I have?
> > What are you guys using for this?
> > And how about the package name in such a case. Append something to its
> > name?
>
> I use a init-ifupdown_1.0.bbappend in my target machine (BSP) layer,
> this way these settings only affect the particular machine(s).

FYI in recent versions (jethro / 2.0+) you can use "recipetool appendfile" to 
create these bbappends easily. You don't even have to know which recipe is 
packaging them.

Cheers,
Paul

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