From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp684.redcondor.net (smtp684.redcondor.net [208.80.206.84]) by mail.openembedded.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36D3765FE5 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:15:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]) by smtp684.redcondor.net ({700db0a8-6fb7-4c8b-9b2a-6812225182d8}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTPS id 20140724111524895 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:15:24 +0000 X-RC-FROM: X-RC-RCPT: Received: from [64.102.254.33] (port=30564 helo=crashcourse.ca) by astoria.ccjclearline.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XAGzX-0007Kw-72 for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2014 07:15:19 -0400 Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 07:15:18 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost To: OE Core mailing list In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: 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: Re: 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 11:15:31 -0000 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Thu, 24 Jul 2014, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > 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. sorry, i shouldn't have described that as an "inter-task" dependency, i realize that's different, as in: ncurses.inc:do_test[depends] = "unifdef-native:do_populate_sysroot" rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================