Re: rm_work not cleaning up when doing "-c populate_sdk"

Khem Raj
2014-05-05T02:21:58Z

On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Jacob Kroon <jacob.kroon@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using the rm_work class in my setup, and I noticed that the work
> directories for all my nativesdk-* packages we're not being cleaned up.
>
> I do "bitbake -c populate_sdk my-image" to create the SDK.
>
> From what I can tell by looking at rm_work.class, the rm_work task is
> appended at the end, but for some reason rm_work is not executed.
>
> If I do "bitbake nativesdk-<somepackage>", rm_work is indeed executed.
>
> Would it be possible to hook in rm_work in the populate_sdk case as well ?
> Or is there another way of executing rm_work for all packages ?
>

rm_work is run before BB_DEFAULT_TASK which is set to 'do_build' in bitbake.conf

populate_sdk is added to be executed before do_build as well but there
is no dependency
of rm_work on populate_sdk thats the issue here they are independent.

> -- Jacob
>
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