From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix, from userid 118) id 7250BE006EF; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 04:50:21 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on yocto-www.yoctoproject.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-HAM-Report: * -0.0 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, no * trust * [208.80.206.84 listed in list.dnswl.org] * -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] X-Greylist: delayed 211 seconds by postgrey-1.32 at yocto-www; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 04:50:18 PDT Received: from smtp684.redcondor.net (smtp684.redcondor.net [208.80.206.84]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B335E0056A for ; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 04:50:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]) by smtp684.redcondor.net ({700db0a8-6fb7-4c8b-9b2a-6812225182d8}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTPS id 20140718114645729 for ; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 11:46:45 +0000 X-RC-FROM: X-RC-RCPT: Received: from [99.240.204.5] (port=51335 helo=crashcourse.ca) by astoria.ccjclearline.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X86cZ-0006OG-I8 for meta-ti@yoctoproject.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 07:46:39 -0400 Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 07:46:36 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost To: meta-ti mailing list Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (LFD 23 2013-08-11) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - yoctoproject.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-MAG-OUTBOUND: ccj.redcondor.net@64.235.106.9/32 Subject: curious about libdrm-2.4.41 recipe from meta-ti layer X-BeenThere: meta-ti@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Usage and development list for the meta-ti layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 11:50:21 -0000 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII i was perusing a number of yocto layers looking for cool examples to use in an upcoming class and ran across this oddity in the meta-ti layer: recipes-graphics/drm/libdrm_2.4.41.bb: FILESEXTRAPATHS_append := ":${COREBASE}/meta/recipes-graphics/drm/libdrm" in all of the layers i've looked at, that is the only example of *appending* to FILESEXTRAPATHS i've ever seen, so i thought i'd look closer to see what was going on. even though oe-core defines a libdrm recipe file, the meta-ti layer doesn't use a bbappend for its version. rather, it explicitly adds the libdrm/ directory from oe-core using a reference to ${COREBASE}, then adds its own files. that's valid, i guess, it just looks weird and is the only time i've ever seen that. i'm also puzzled that the meta-ti recipe sets: DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1" what's that for? given that the oe-core layer already defines a recipe for libdrm that has a higher version number, why would the above line be necessary? just trying to understand the rationale behind this unusual construction. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================