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From: AshishKumar Mishra <emailaddress.ashish@gmail.com>
To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org
Cc: AshishKumar Mishra <emailaddress.ashish@gmail.com>
Subject: [meta-oe][PATCH] image_types_sparse: create symlinks for generated sparse images
Date: Wed,  2 Sep 2026 21:49:46 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260902161946.13068-1-emailaddress.ashish@gmail.com> (raw)

Ensure that symbolic links (${IMAGE_LINK_NAME}) are created for both
sparse images, matching standard Yocto image deployment behavior

Signed-off-by: AshishKumar Mishra <emailaddress.ashish@gmail.com>
---
 meta-oe/classes/image_types_sparse.bbclass | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/meta-oe/classes/image_types_sparse.bbclass b/meta-oe/classes/image_types_sparse.bbclass
index 5c1d92bd18..2ee4aa1159 100644
--- a/meta-oe/classes/image_types_sparse.bbclass
+++ b/meta-oe/classes/image_types_sparse.bbclass
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ CONVERSION_CMD:sparse = " \
     case '${type}' in \
         ext*) \
             bbnote 'Running e2fsprogs-derived ext2simg_android..' ; \
-            ext2simg_android '${IMAGE_NAME}.${type}' '${IMAGE_NAME}.${type}.simg' || bberror 'ext2simg_android failed' \
+            ext2simg_android '${IMAGE_NAME}.${type}' '${IMAGE_NAME}.${type}.simg' || bberror 'ext2simg_android failed' ;\
+            ln -sf '${IMAGE_NAME}.${type}.simg' '${IMGDEPLOYDIR}/${IMAGE_LINK_NAME}.${type}.simg'; \
             ;; \
         *) \
             bbnote 'Generating sparse image for non-ext filesystem...'; \
             img2simg -s '${IMAGE_NAME}.${type}' '${IMAGE_NAME}.${type}.sparse' ${SPARSE_BLOCK_SIZE}; \
+            ln -sf '${IMAGE_NAME}.${type}.sparse' '${IMGDEPLOYDIR}/${IMAGE_LINK_NAME}.${type}.sparse'; \
             ;; \
     esac; \
     if [ "${DELETE_RAWIMAGE_AFTER_SPARSE_CMD}" = "1" ]; then \
-- 
2.43.0



             reply	other threads:[~2026-09-02 16:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-02 16:19 AshishKumar Mishra [this message]
2026-09-08 12:05 ` [meta-oe][PATCH] image_types_sparse: create symlinks for generated sparse images Leo Sartre

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