Re: [docs] should replicating offline build use "--runonly" or "--runall"?

Re: [docs] should replicating offline build use "--runonly" or "--runall"?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Sun, 22 Jun 2025, Robert P. J. Day wrote:

>
>   this section:
>
> https://docs.yoctoproject.org/dev-manual/building.html#replicating-a-build-offline
>
> advises to fetch the sources with:
>
>   $ bitbake target --runonly=fetch
>
> for the longest time now, i've used:
>
>   $ bitbake target --runall=fetch
>
> although i do recall that those behaviours changed once upon a time.
> so is that still the appropriate command to use? is it worth adding an
> explanation at that point as to the difference for people who might be
> curious?

  as a followup, this section:

https://docs.yoctoproject.org/dev-manual/efficiently-fetching-sources.html

refers only to "--runall=fetch". so it seems inconsistent with the
earlier section. or, at the very least, it has the potential for
confusion.

rday

Re: [docs] should replicating offline build use "--runonly" or "--runall"?

[Antonin Godard]

On Sun Jun 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM CEST, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Jun 2025, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
>>
>>   this section:
>>
>> https://docs.yoctoproject.org/dev-manual/building.html#replicating-a-build-offline
>>
>> advises to fetch the sources with:
>>
>>   $ bitbake target --runonly=fetch
>>
>> for the longest time now, i've used:
>>
>>   $ bitbake target --runall=fetch
>>
>> although i do recall that those behaviours changed once upon a time.
>> so is that still the appropriate command to use? is it worth adding an
>> explanation at that point as to the difference for people who might be
>> curious?
>
>   as a followup, this section:
>
> https://docs.yoctoproject.org/dev-manual/efficiently-fetching-sources.html
>
> refers only to "--runall=fetch". so it seems inconsistent with the
> earlier section. or, at the very least, it has the potential for
> confusion.

Yes, I also --runall should be used. I'd take a patch.

Thanks,
Antonin

-- 
Antonin Godard, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com

Re: [docs] should replicating offline build use "--runonly" or "--runall"?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Tue, 24 Jun 2025, Antonin Godard wrote:

> On Sun Jun 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM CEST, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > On Sun, 22 Jun 2025, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>   this section:
> >>
> >> https://docs.yoctoproject.org/dev-manual/building.html#replicating-a-build-offline
> >>
> >> advises to fetch the sources with:
> >>
> >>   $ bitbake target --runonly=fetch
> >>
> >> for the longest time now, i've used:
> >>
> >>   $ bitbake target --runall=fetch
> >>
> >> although i do recall that those behaviours changed once upon a time.
> >> so is that still the appropriate command to use? is it worth adding an
> >> explanation at that point as to the difference for people who might be
> >> curious?
> >
> >   as a followup, this section:
> >
> > https://docs.yoctoproject.org/dev-manual/efficiently-fetching-sources.html
> >
> > refers only to "--runall=fetch". so it seems inconsistent with the
> > earlier section. or, at the very least, it has the potential for
> > confusion.
>
> Yes, I also --runall should be used. I'd take a patch.

  and i would gleefully offer a patch if i actually understood the
distinction, and whether the developer needs to understand that
distinction and when those two choices should be used.

rday