Re: [PATCH] oe-setup-builddir: substitute ##OEROOT## when using templates

[Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>]

On 2013-08-08 08:14, Ross Burton wrote:
> oe-setup-builddir substitutes ##COREBASE## which seems like it should have the
> same value as the variable ${COREBASE}.  In reality it doesn't as ##COREBASE##
> is substituted with the value of $OEROOT (the location of the oe-init-build-env
> script), whereas ${COREBASE} is set by oe-core to the parent directory of meta/.
> If oe-core's meta/ isn't a top-level directory then ##COREBASE## and ${COREBASE}
> have different values, which can lead to confusion.
>
> To resolve this, deprecate (but still substitute) ##COREBASE## and substitute
>
> Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@intel.com>
> ---
>   scripts/oe-setup-builddir |    5 ++++-
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/oe-setup-builddir b/scripts/oe-setup-builddir
> index d5d8d98..d5bd581 100755
> --- a/scripts/oe-setup-builddir
> +++ b/scripts/oe-setup-builddir
> @@ -101,7 +101,10 @@ EOM
>
>       # Put the abosolute path to the layers in bblayers.conf so we can run
>       # bitbake without the init script after the first run
> -    sed "s|##COREBASE##|$OEROOT|g" $OECORELAYERCONF > $BUILDDIR/conf/bblayers.conf
> +    sed "s|##OEROOT##|$OEROOT|g" $OECORELAYERCONF > $BUILDDIR/conf/bblayers.conf
> +    # ##COREBASE## is deprecated as it's meaning was inconsistent, but continue
> +    # ##to replace it for compatibility.
          ^^
Should these be here?

> +    sed -i -e "s|##COREBASE##|$OEROOT|g" $BUILDDIR/conf/bblayers.conf
>   fi
>
>   # Prevent disturbing a new GIT clone in same console
>

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