Re: [PATCH] lib/oe/image.py: fix working directory

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

On Mon, 2014-02-17 at 21:46 +1100, Jonathan Liu wrote:
> The working directory needs to be changed before the image creation
> commands instead of afterwards.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Liu <net147@gmail.com>
> ---
>  meta/lib/oe/image.py | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/image.py b/meta/lib/oe/image.py
> index c15296f..31193f2 100644
> --- a/meta/lib/oe/image.py
> +++ b/meta/lib/oe/image.py
> @@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ class Image(object):
>              bb.data.update_data(localdata)
>              localdata.setVar('type', type)
>  
> -            cmds.append("\t" + localdata.getVar("IMAGE_CMD", True))
>              cmds.append(localdata.expand("\tcd ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}"))
> +            cmds.append("\t" + localdata.getVar("IMAGE_CMD", True))
>  
>              if type in cimages:
>                  for ctype in cimages[type]:

I applied this but ended up reverting it since its clear the image
commands assume a different working directory and this causes failures.

I'd like to see more explanation about the problem this is trying to
solve.

Cheers,

Richard