Re: [OE-core] [PATCH v3] bitbake.conf: pseudo to ignore vim and less config files

[Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, 2025-05-05 at 16:08 +0300, Mikko Rapeli via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> vim and less always write to these files in users home directory.
> Using vim and less via pseudo in "bitbake -c devshell recipe" and
> outside of pseudo triggers pseudo aborts which makes interactive
> use of devshell difficult. Fixes vim and less crashes and related
> pseudo log entries:
> 
> inode mismatch: '/home/builder/.viminfo' ino 33270730 in db, 33269736 in request.
> inode mismatch: '/home/builder/.lesshst' ino 33270625 in db, 33270730 in request.
> 
> Ignoring all files with ${HOME}/. in path fails since tools seem
> to be using these paths, e.g. trusted-firmware-a from meta-arm.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli@linaro.org>
> ---
>  meta/conf/bitbake.conf | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> v3: back to .less and .vim paths due to failures from trusted-firmware-a in meta-arm,
>     added comment

What paths are they using exactly? That sounds odd...

Cheers,

Richard