Re: [OE-core] [PATCH 1/2] classes: Introduce intermediate-deploy.bbclass

["Richard Purdie" <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Thu, 2021-01-14 at 13:06 +0000, Diego Sueiro wrote:
> 
> Just trying to see if I got it right this time.
> Are you proposing to move `${D}/boot` to `${D}/intermediate-
> deploy/boot` and
> have SYSROOT_DIRS += "/intermediate-deploy "?

Yes.

> But, If it is just a copy having within ${D} , I'll have to have
> `PACKAGES_${PN} += "${PN}-intermediate-deploy"` and
> FILES_${PN}-intermediate-deploy = "/intermediate-deploy" to no fail
> with "installed-vs-shipped" in the package qa.

Or, we have perform_packagecopy() just delete/skip it. That would mean
it won't make it into the packages.

(we could also implement as a PACKAGE_PREPROCESS_FUNC but I'd probably
just add to the above function instead?)


> The way this class is implemented is just copying the dirs from $D
> listed in
> $INTERMEDIATE_DEPLOY_DIRS to the $SYSROOT_DESTDIR and can't use
> SYSROOT_DIRS
> variable directly because the sysroot_stage_all function copies from
> $D.
> 
> 
> > I'm not particularly liking the name. Maybe "unpackaged/boot" or
> > "non-
> > target/boot"? I'm open to ideas.
> > 
> > The idea is to make it really clear these are files which are not
> > part of the
> > target rootfs though...
> 
> I also don’t like this name either. Maybe "non-filesystem/boot"?

Maybe sysroot-only/boot/ ?

Cheers,

Richard