From: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com>
To: Bob Cochran <openembedded@mindchasers.com>
Cc: bitbake-devel@lists.openembedded.org
Subject: Re: executable metadata not supported in bbappend files?
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 19:43 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5680339.a2UlTKzCpO@helios> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <50D53C11.5030404@mindchasers.com>
On Friday 21 December 2012 23:50:25 Bob Cochran wrote:
> On 12/21/2012 08:35 PM, Bob Cochran wrote:
> > I just noticed that the current bitbake manual states in the "Defining
> > executable metadata" section that executable metadata is only supported
> > in .bb and .bbclass files, but I find that I can put (at least some
> > basic) tasks in .bbappend files, too.
> >
> > Is this an oversight in the documentation, or are there gotchas adding
> > tasks to bbappend files that I haven't come across? If it's the former,
> > I'll submit a patch.
>
> I see that bbappend isn't mentioned anywhere in the bitbake manual.
> That's a little confusing?
This is just an example of where the bitbake manual needs updating - bbappends
weren't implemented when it was written. I believe the bitbake manual is being
updated at the moment but I'm sure patches would still be welcome to extend it
to mention bbappends in the appropriate places.
Cheers,
Paul
--
Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-12-23 19:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-12-22 1:35 executable metadata not supported in bbappend files? Bob Cochran
2012-12-22 4:50 ` Bob Cochran
2012-12-23 19:43 ` Paul Eggleton [this message]
2012-12-24 1:54 ` Bill Traynor
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