From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38F05C5B552 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 2025 07:34:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay2-d.mail.gandi.net (relay2-d.mail.gandi.net [217.70.183.194]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web11.10664.1749022458420711511 for ; Wed, 04 Jun 2025 00:34:18 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@bootlin.com header.s=gm1 header.b=mxOlDapi; spf=pass (domain: bootlin.com, ip: 217.70.183.194, mailfrom: antonin.godard@bootlin.com) Received: by mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D89F0430B7; Wed, 4 Jun 2025 07:34:15 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bootlin.com; s=gm1; t=1749022456; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=MmSUs+ENltAoo1vukIWAgMLZm7xdahih8qSIHBESOyw=; b=mxOlDapikaPs6l4uSdPx08MOk2zmgoFDgRbLkjaGktFTJcm+MnFm7XZl2um2CTib8Aroh1 7FCICL+GliwLx91wZlaxuTigSVEJwPDtcY+hZVDMU/3RbV4Asn0xZyg0g0+bWeu8UGhnfz 5bapLoHHW72GXEhvV/bwn+ISYtjEy+EzQh7iziZCzLft6hTAzFMEYmktDZoKvFQC7lWelc rQrCu506/28qS6HK9Djt7pvERwlUdsLpjhIXgiUhdt4ZjSvEtv4yYU/IMhAoHBJendgeUQ 7mE/9gr1j8Iq3IrHI9D1RfKXt4X5HCeQrOOWL3fuT3bDo9wNpJ9Z12fNYT8S7g== Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2025 09:34:14 +0200 Message-Id: Subject: Re: [docs] [PATCH] clarify how bbappend files work with an unversioned BitBake recipe From: "Antonin Godard" To: "Robert P. J. Day" , "YP docs mailing list" References: <562c3a8a-2cfd-a4cc-7dc8-0126b5b02a86@crashcourse.ca> In-Reply-To: <562c3a8a-2cfd-a4cc-7dc8-0126b5b02a86@crashcourse.ca> X-GND-State: clean X-GND-Score: -100 X-GND-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeeffedrtddugddujeejucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuifetpfffkfdpucggtfgfnhhsuhgsshgtrhhisggvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddunecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenucfjughrpegggfgtfffkuffhvfhfjgesthhqredttddtjeenucfhrhhomhepfdetnhhtohhnihhnucfiohgurghrugdfuceorghnthhonhhinhdrghhouggrrhgusegsohhothhlihhnrdgtohhmqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeejgfetkeeuiefhffeugeejuedutddtveeugfejhfdtiedvuedvheegffekveetfeenucffohhmrghinhepsghoohhtlhhinhdrtghomhenucfkphepvdduvddruddthedrudehtddrvdehvdenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepihhnvghtpedvuddvrddutdehrdduhedtrddvhedvpdhhvghloheplhhotggrlhhhohhsthdpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpegrnhhtohhnihhnrdhgohgurghrugessghoohhtlhhinhdrtghomhdpnhgspghrtghpthhtohepvddprhgtphhtthhopehrphhjuggrhiestghrrghshhgtohhurhhsvgdrtggrpdhrtghpthhtohepughotghssehlihhsthhsrdihohgtthhophhrohhjvggtthdrohhrgh X-GND-Sasl: antonin.godard@bootlin.com List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from li982-79.members.linode.com [45.33.32.79] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Wed, 04 Jun 2025 07:34:28 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/6995 On Mon Jun 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM CEST, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > Add a short note to the BitBake intro manual chapter to clarify that, > given an unversioned .bb recipe file, the matching .bbappend must also > be unversioned. > > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day > > --- > > diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.rst b/doc/= bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.rst > index 539bb62d8..1c3faff0e 100644 > --- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.rst > +++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.rst > @@ -272,6 +272,12 @@ append name would not match. However, if you named t= he append file > In the most general case, you could name the append file something as > simple as ``busybox_%.bbappend`` to be entirely version independent. > > +.. note:: > + > + In the infrequent case of an unversioned BitBake recipe (such as > + ``linux-yocto-dev.bb``), the corresponding append file must be simila= rly > + unversioned; that is, ``linux-yocto-dev.bbappend``. > + > Obtaining BitBake > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D This needs to be sent to the bitbake-devel@lists.openembedded.org mailing l= ist, with this list in copy. Thanks, Antonin --=20 Antonin Godard, Bootlin Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering https://bootlin.com