RE: [OE-core] [PATCH RFC] mirrors: Switch glibc and binutils to use shallow mirror tarballs

[Peter Kjellerstedt <peter.kjellerstedt@axis.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org <openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org> On Behalf Of Richard Purdie
> Sent: den 30 mars 2022 14:24
> To: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
> Subject: [OE-core] [PATCH RFC] mirrors: Switch glibc and binutils to use shallow mirror tarballs
> 
> These two repositories are large and overload our downloads server as a
> premirror but the recipes are easier to maintain as git urls. Compromise
> and use shallow clones for them.
> 
> In order to be effective, we need premirror entries on where to find
> the shallow mirror tarballs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
> ---
>  meta/classes/mirrors.bbclass | 11 +++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/classes/mirrors.bbclass b/meta/classes/mirrors.bbclass
> index 37dc449ade7..ffdccff5fb4 100644
> --- a/meta/classes/mirrors.bbclass
> +++ b/meta/classes/mirrors.bbclass
> @@ -76,3 +76,14 @@ git://git.gnome.org/.* git://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/PATH;protocol=https \
>  git://.*/.*                   git://HOST/PATH;protocol=https \
>  git://.*/.*                   git://HOST/git/PATH;protocol=https \
>  "
> +
> +# Switch glibc and binutils recipes to use shallow clones as they're large and this
> +# improves user experience whilst allowing the flexibility of git urls in the recipes
> +BB_GIT_SHALLOW:pn-binutils = "1"
> +BB_GIT_SHALLOW:pn-binutils-cross-${TARGET_ARCH} = "1"
> +BB_GIT_SHALLOW:pn-binutils-cross-canadian-${TRANSLATED_TARGET_ARCH} = "1"
> +BB_GIT_SHALLOW:pn-binutils-cross-testsuite = "1"
> +BB_GIT_SHALLOW:pn-binutils-crosssdk-${SDK_SYS} = "1"
> +BB_GIT_SHALLOW:pn-glibc = "1"
> +PREMIRRORS += "git://sourceware.org/git/glibc.git https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/mirror/sources/ \
> +              git://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/mirror/sources/"

Please use PREMIRRORS:append here, or you will wipe away any 
default configuration of PREMIRRORS defined using "?=".

> --
> 2.32.0

//Peter