From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0FA4C83F03 for ; Wed, 9 Jul 2025 13:31:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cpanel10.indieserve.net (cpanel10.indieserve.net [199.212.143.9]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web11.15995.1752067883116701511 for ; Wed, 09 Jul 2025 06:31:23 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@crashcourse.ca header.s=default header.b=k2Tq/6GC; spf=pass (domain: crashcourse.ca, ip: 199.212.143.9, mailfrom: rpjday@crashcourse.ca) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=crashcourse.ca; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Subject: To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=96Xg+TdcNsdZsOkQ4H3GB78UsWjOyvPCt2NUQ1dopJI=; b=k2Tq/6GCVVrBJGjGx6ne1JH9Y7 zbetw/EOHBoBbkD6E/tcPdN3B493U1zbdU5J9FUk7yF4ELyzFPnZwQaMPb3yC0aO3JyFsn5pD0doe dYtwvwAjzO+IDnDiIzwfaZHKbIG2sB/97ojeBHKV3KMyhOeYE91JiGKCRnI0eAUG/C5Lppwlmnih9 LqpV+ccQpxlX/XItE0LNwQWqy2g7jMvr0WXBxchOtvgy+seEAHWRvjH1RFBRsXVUfFp5Fty+hf5G8 ylJQbMNi0buTbvU3ZD4OK3j9lNSHK8kbzB+ucE/6P9n5POt9Xm6a72ZgvhAoEV3X6o1DtRa4mfzmi HL2vANwQ==; Received: from pool-174-114-102-5.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.114.102.5]:58930 helo=asus) by cpanel10.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from ) id 1uZUtL-0000000ApBp-0Vsu for docs@lists.yoctoproject.org; Wed, 09 Jul 2025 09:31:22 -0400 Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 09:31:16 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" To: YP docs mailing list Subject: more docs curiosity: "inherit_defer" in the BB manual Message-ID: <764e27fc-0e53-777a-3427-4989e8d79403@crashcourse.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel10.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.yoctoproject.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel10.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel10.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from li982-79.members.linode.com [45.33.32.79] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Wed, 09 Jul 2025 13:31:24 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/7295 here: https://docs.yoctoproject.org/bitbake/2.12/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.html#inherit-defer-directive that section strongly suggests that the sole reason to use "inherit_defer" is that you want to inherit some class, but you're not sure which class *yet*, so you use a variable that will, at some point, be set before parsing is complete. or possibly it will involve a programmatic condition. so what is the purpose of using "inherit_defer" on a fixed bbclass name such as this? https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/tree/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-native.inc#n3 what is the rationale of inherit_defer'ing a fixed class name? or is there more to this that i'm missing? rday