From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp485.redcondor.net (smtp485.redcondor.net [208.80.204.85]) by mail.openembedded.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C507F65FE5 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:13:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]) by smtp485.redcondor.net ({3be039ea-4351-44b0-a8af-642c38b25916}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTPS id 20140724111321793 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:13:21 +0000 X-RC-FROM: X-RC-RCPT: Received: from [64.102.254.33] (port=9325 helo=crashcourse.ca) by astoria.ccjclearline.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XAGxX-000735-L9 for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2014 07:13:15 -0400 Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 07:13:12 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost To: OE Core mailing list Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (LFD 23 2013-08-11) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.openembedded.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-MAG-OUTBOUND: ccj.redcondor.net@64.235.106.9/32 Subject: simple dependency question X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:13:27 -0000 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII i realize that "DEPENDS" represents build-time dependencies, as in ... all of the DEPENDS recipes must build *completely* before this recipe can *begin* to build, is that correct? however, in something like module.bbclass where one finds: do_make_scripts[deptask] = "do_populate_sysroot" does that now *override* the normal build-time dependency to say only that this recipe's do_make_scripts task need only wait until all of the "DEPENDS" recipes have completed their do_populate_sysroot tasks? in other words, the instant i define an inter-task dependency, does that relax the normal strong build dependency? since, if it didn't, this wouldn't make any sense. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================