is it not a *requirement* that layers start with "meta-"?

is it not a *requirement* that layers start with "meta-"?

[Robert P. J. Day]

  just proofing the BSP Guide and i read again that starting a layer
name with "meta-" is not an actual requirement, it's just standard
practice. but is there no code/script anywhere that requires that
prefix to process the layer properly?

  i'm pretty sure i've run across YP utilities that check specifically
for a "meta-" prefix, so that would make that prefix mandatory, would
it not? i wish i could remember where i've seen this, but it eludes me
at the moment.

rday

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Re: is it not a *requirement* that layers start with "meta-"?

[peterengcomau001]

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If you use the yocto scripts for setting up a new layer, it
automatically prepends 'meta-'. That may be why there is no
requirement.Lachlan

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Subject:[yocto] is it not a *requirement* that layers start with
"meta-"?

 just proofing the BSP Guide and i read again that starting a layer
 name with "meta-" is not an actual requirement, it's just standard
 practice. but is there no code/script anywhere that requires that
 prefix to process the layer properly?

 i'm pretty sure i've run across YP utilities that check specifically
 for a "meta-" prefix, so that would make that prefix mandatory,
would
 it not? i wish i could remember where i've seen this, but it eludes
me
 at the moment.

 rday

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Re: is it not a *requirement* that layers start with "meta-"?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Wed, 31 Dec 2014, peterengcomau001@adam.com.au wrote:

> If you use the yocto scripts for setting up a new layer, it
> automatically prepends 'meta-'. That may be why there is no
> requirement

  but that still doesn't address that (from memory) some OE
scripts/utils seem to *require* layers start with the prefix "meta-".
i guess i can just grep the OE layer and look for build scripts that
contain that string and see which ones have that requirement.

rday

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Re: is it not a *requirement* that layers start with "meta-"?

[Rifenbark, Scott M]

If anyone can locate some scripts or something that actually does require "meta-" to be prepended please let me know.  That changes how we describe this.

Scott

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>
>On Wed, 31 Dec 2014, peterengcomau001@adam.com.au wrote:
>
>> If you use the yocto scripts for setting up a new layer, it
>> automatically prepends 'meta-'. That may be why there is no
>> requirement
>
>  but that still doesn't address that (from memory) some OE scripts/utils seem
>to *require* layers start with the prefix "meta-".
>i guess i can just grep the OE layer and look for build scripts that contain that
>string and see which ones have that requirement.
>
>rday
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Re: is it not a *requirement* that layers start with "meta-"?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Mon, 5 Jan 2015, Rifenbark, Scott M wrote:

> If anyone can locate some scripts or something that actually does
> require "meta-" to be prepended please let me know.  That changes
> how we describe this.

  as an admittedly simple example, i ran across this in oe-core's
scripts/contrib/documentation-audit.sh:

for pkg in `bitbake -s | awk '{ print \$1 }'`; do

	... snip ...

        if [[ "$pkg" =~ ^meta- || "$pkg" =~ ^packagegroup- || "$pkg" =~ -image ]]; then
                # Skip meta, task and image recipes
                continue
        fi


  checking that the package name starts with "meta-" seems to
pretty clearly suggest that it will be treated differently than if it
doesn't. i'm sure no one is terribly worried about that particular
script, but it does seem to show an example of this.

rday

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Re: is it not a *requirement* that layers start with "meta-"?

[Anders Darander]

* Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> [150105 18:09]:

> On Mon, 5 Jan 2015, Rifenbark, Scott M wrote:

> > If anyone can locate some scripts or something that actually does
> > require "meta-" to be prepended please let me know.  That changes
> > how we describe this.

>   as an admittedly simple example, i ran across this in oe-core's
> scripts/contrib/documentation-audit.sh:

> for pkg in `bitbake -s | awk '{ print \$1 }'`; do

>	... snip ...

>         if [[ "$pkg" =~ ^meta- || "$pkg" =~ ^packagegroup- || "$pkg" =~ -image ]]; then
>                 # Skip meta, task and image recipes
>                 continue
>         fi


>   checking that the package name starts with "meta-" seems to
> pretty clearly suggest that it will be treated differently than if it
> doesn't. i'm sure no one is terribly worried about that particular
> script, but it does seem to show an example of this.

But that's checking *recipe* names, not layer names...

Thus, you'll have to look for another example. ;)

Cheers,
Anders

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Re: is it not a *requirement* that layers start with "meta-"?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Thu, 8 Jan 2015, Anders Darander wrote:

> * Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> [150105 18:09]:
>
> > On Mon, 5 Jan 2015, Rifenbark, Scott M wrote:
>
> > > If anyone can locate some scripts or something that actually does
> > > require "meta-" to be prepended please let me know.  That changes
> > > how we describe this.
>
> >   as an admittedly simple example, i ran across this in oe-core's
> > scripts/contrib/documentation-audit.sh:
>
> > for pkg in `bitbake -s | awk '{ print \$1 }'`; do
>
> >	... snip ...
>
> >         if [[ "$pkg" =~ ^meta- || "$pkg" =~ ^packagegroup- || "$pkg" =~ -image ]]; then
> >                 # Skip meta, task and image recipes
> >                 continue
> >         fi
>
>
> >   checking that the package name starts with "meta-" seems to
> > pretty clearly suggest that it will be treated differently than if it
> > doesn't. i'm sure no one is terribly worried about that particular
> > script, but it does seem to show an example of this.
>
> But that's checking *recipe* names, not layer names...
>
> Thus, you'll have to look for another example. ;)

  ah, quite so, so perhaps the "meta-" prefix is not a real
requirement, just convention.

rday

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Re: is it not a *requirement* that layers start with "meta-"?

[micke.prag]

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> Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 08:31:58 -0500 (EST)
> From:
"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
> To: Anders Darander
<anders@chargestorm.se>
> Cc: Yocto discussion list
<yocto@yoctoproject.org>,
> "peterengcomau001@adam.com.au"
<peterengcomau001@adam.com.au>
> Subject: Re: [yocto] is it not a
*requirement* that layers start with
> "meta-"?
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> On Thu, 8 Jan 2015, Anders Darander
wrote:
> 
>> * Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> [150105 18:09]:

>> 
>>> On Mon, 5 Jan 2015, Rifenbark, Scott M wrote:
>> 
>>>> If
anyone can locate some scripts or something that actually does require
"meta-" to be prepended please let me know. That changes how we describe
this.
>> for pkg in `bitbake -s | awk '{ print $1 }'`; do ... snip ...
>

> ah, quite so, so perhaps the "meta-" prefix is not a real
>
requirement, just convention.
> 
> rday
> 
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The layer
"openembedded-core" does not start with "meta-". 

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Re: is it not a *requirement* that layers start with "meta-"?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Thu, 8 Jan 2015, micke.prag@telldus.se wrote:

>
> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 08:31:58 -0500 (EST)
> From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
> To: Anders Darander <anders@chargestorm.se>
> Cc: Yocto discussion list <yocto@yoctoproject.org>,
> 	"peterengcomau001@adam.com.au" <peterengcomau001@adam.com.au>
> Subject: Re: [yocto] is it not a *requirement* that layers start with
> 	"meta-"?
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> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
>
> On Thu, 8 Jan 2015, Anders Darander wrote:
>             * Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> [150105 18:09]:
>                   On Mon, 5 Jan 2015, Rifenbark, Scott M wrote:
>
>                         If anyone can locate some scripts or something that
>                         actually does require "meta-" to be prepended please let
>                         me know. That changes how we describe this.
>
>                   as an admittedly simple example, i ran across this in oe-core's
>                   scripts/contrib/documentation-audit.sh:
>
>                   for pkg in `bitbake -s | awk '{ print \$1 }'`; do
>
>                   ... snip ...
>
>                   if [[ "$pkg" =~ ^meta- || "$pkg" =~ ^packagegroup- || "$pkg" =~
>                   -image ]]; then # Skip meta, task and image recipes continue fi
>
>                   checking that the package name starts with "meta-" seems to pretty
>                   clearly suggest that it will be treated differently than if it
>                   doesn't. i'm sure no one is terribly worried about that particular
>                   script, but it does seem to show an example of this.
>
>             But that's checking *recipe* names, not layer names... Thus, you'll have to look
>             for another example. ;)
>
>   ah, quite so, so perhaps the "meta-" prefix is not a real
> requirement, just convention.
>
> rday
>
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> The layer "openembedded-core" does not start with "meta-".

  well, yes, but that's kind of a special case as it's the only
*required* layer. in any event, i apologize if i made a bigger deal
out of this than was warranted, i just thought the rules for layer
naming were a bit ambiguous and i wanted some clarification.

rday

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