Re: [OE-core] [PATCH v2 2/4] meta: Support opting out of any distro features

["Mathieu Dubois-Briand" <mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com>]

On Tue Mar 31, 2026 at 9:29 PM CEST, Paul Barker wrote:
> Add default values to DISTRO_FEATURES using the new
> filter_default_features() function.
>
> This change obsoletes the variables DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL and
> DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED. Instead, all defaults are added via
> DISTRO_FEATURES_DEFAULTS and users can opt out of any of these using
> DISTRO_FEATURES_OPTED_OUT. Hopefully the variable naming here is easier
> for people to understand and remember.
>
> Migration notes:
>
> - If you have previously assigned DISTRO_FEATURES without using
>   DISTRO_FEATURES_DEFAULT, you will now get the default features added
>   automatically. You will need to review these and add any features you
>   do not want to use to DISTRO_FEATURES_OPTED_OUT.
>
> - DISTRO_FEATURES_DEFAULT is now unused, the new variable name is
>   slighlty different to ensure that it is not accidentally used if a
>   layer hasn't been modified to adapt to the new naming.
>
> - If you previously set DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED, use the new
>   variable DISTRO_FEATURES_OPTED_OUT instead.
>
> - If you previously modified DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL, don't do that.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Barker <paul@pbarker.dev>
> ---

Hi Paul,

I believe this is failing in some cases:

ERROR: libtasn1-4.21.0-r0 do_compile: Execution of '/srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/qemux86-world-alt/build/build/tmp/work/x86-64-v3-poky-linux/libtasn1/4.21.0/temp/run.do_compile.3668072' failed with exit code 1
...
| gtkdoc-mkhtml 2>&1 --help | grep  >/dev/null "\--path"; \
| if test "$?" = "0"; then \
|   mkhtml_options="$mkhtml_options --path=\"/srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/qemux86-world-alt/build/build/tmp/work/x86-64-v3-poky-linux/libtasn1/4.21.0/build/../sources/libtasn1-4.21.0/doc/reference\""; \
| fi; \
| cd html && gtkdoc-mkhtml $mkhtml_options  libtasn1 ../libtasn1-docs.xml
| warning: failed to load external entity "http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/html/chunk.xsl"
| compilation error: file /srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/qemux86-world-alt/build/build/tmp/work/x86-64-v3-poky-linux/libtasn1/4.21.0/recipe-sysroot-native/usr/share/gtk-doc/data/gtk-doc.xsl line 11 element import
| xsl:import : unable to load http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/html/chunk.xsl

https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/17/builds/3345

Can you have a look at the issue?

Thanks,
Mathieu

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Mathieu Dubois-Briand, Bootlin
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