Re: [PATCH 1/1] bitbake.conf: add BB_STAMPS_DIR for constructing STAMP

[Robert Yang <liezhi.yang@windriver.com>]

On 08/15/2012 09:42 PM, Richard Purdie wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-08-10 at 10:02 +0800, Robert Yang wrote:
>> Add BB_STAMPS_DIR for constructing STAMP, the defination of STAMP
>> before:
>>
>> STAMP = "${TMPDIR}/stamps/${MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS}/${PF}
>>
>> We can only change the TMPDIR if we want to change the STAMP's location,
>> but the cache would be regenerated if TMPDIR changed, so add
>> BB_STAMPS_DIR for constructing it, and add it to the BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE,
>> this is very usefull for the "bitbake -S", since then it can be run by:
>>
>> BB_STAMPS_DIR=<path> bitbake -S <recipe>
>>
>> which will avoid putting the stamps to ${TMPDIR}/stamps.
>>
>> BTW, break the too long BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE into several lines.
>>
>> [YOCTO #1659]
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Robert Yang <liezhi.yang@windriver.com>
>> ---
>>   meta/conf/bitbake.conf       | 3 ++-
>>   scripts/oe-buildenv-internal | 5 ++++-
>>   2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> BB_ is a prefix for variables bitbake specifically uses for
> configuration. It doesn't fit in this context since its metadata defined
> and doesn't actually influence or is used by bitbake itself.
>
> We therefore need to use a different name for this.
>

Thanks, how about "STAMPS_DIR" ? And can we put the bitbake-whatchanged
to bitbake/bin or bitbake/contrib as Chris Larson worried about ?

// Robert

> Cheers,
>
> Richard
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