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 E9E57C83F0F for ; Tue, 8 Jul 2025 09:20:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay2-d.mail.gandi.net (relay2-d.mail.gandi.net [217.70.183.194]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web11.14432.1751966451746808842 for ; Tue, 08 Jul 2025 02:20:52 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@bootlin.com header.s=gm1 header.b=pUQro9kA; spf=pass (domain: bootlin.com, ip: 217.70.183.194, mailfrom: antonin.godard@bootlin.com) Received: by mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3F16743121; Tue, 8 Jul 2025 09:20:48 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bootlin.com; s=gm1; t=1751966449; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=nOwcUVCSg0FKVi/2QN04SV5uBsXHItlRQAXOwMK1AXA=; b=pUQro9kAId62yW+Vmdy4ajBMsPOcvM7cVOaHdF7ZkrS1QjEduVNv3Dapw0fprFRAObWzLH xBz+6mqQ0XRb5oy/UfOqHkSRBnzmOztP91JefemUjs86shoSC+kS2o4gRNQ7QWowRQGCK+ sskQ+AcKiUvYzQ0/pqH45J7WABVAooplI6vtzKcNrxzTMcRe+l7ncPZpFe8x3ouE6HoEF8 T6PMvgJFjKOJraTEcliCRUtrCtks6gyWZRyK3fRIfltr8uigahPD35hGDZjCOmv3maJISS o87Ec3GIBNPVGFl0GuxC9F1ZNAnyPBe4RbpAXyXQ2/G6agCWK4eYFRhmy+Zp4A== Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2025 11:20:48 +0200 Message-Id: To: "Robert P. J. Day" , "YP docs mailing list" Subject: Re: [docs] should bitbake manual explain "bitbake-getvar"? From: "Antonin Godard" References: <10a3c9a6-fc05-0c22-804e-0fcc7a9c350a@crashcourse.ca> In-Reply-To: <10a3c9a6-fc05-0c22-804e-0fcc7a9c350a@crashcourse.ca> X-GND-State: clean X-GND-Score: -100 X-GND-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeeffedrtdefgdefgeeftdcutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfitefpfffkpdcuggftfghnshhusghstghrihgsvgenuceurghilhhouhhtmecufedtudenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmnecujfgurhepggfgtgffkffvuffhfhgjsehtqhertddttdejnecuhfhrohhmpedftehnthhonhhinhcuifhouggrrhgufdcuoegrnhhtohhnihhnrdhgohgurghrugessghoohhtlhhinhdrtghomheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepgeegueevfedvuedtfeeuleetvdekieehjeekjeeffedtffeitdffudduheehtdeknecuffhomhgrihhnpeihohgtthhophhrohhjvggtthdrohhrghdpsghoohhtlhhinhdrtghomhenucfkphepvdgrtddumegtsgdugeemheehieemjegrtddtmeeftgekudemvggsrgejmedusgeksgemrgehtgelnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehinhgvthepvdgrtddumegtsgdugeemheehieemjegrtddtmeeftgekudemvggsrgejmedusgeksgemrgehtgelpdhhvghloheplhhotggrlhhhohhsthdpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpegrnhhtohhnihhnrdhgohgurghrugessghoohhtlhhinhdrtghomhdpnhgspghrtghpthhtohepvddprhgtphhtthhopehrphhjuggrhiestghrrghshhgtohhurhhsvgdrtggrpdhrtghpthhtohepughotghssehlihhsthhsrdihohgtthhophhrohhjvggtthdro hhrgh X-GND-Sasl: antonin.godard@bootlin.com 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 ; Tue, 08 Jul 2025 09:20:52 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/7272 On Mon Jul 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM CEST, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i note that near the end of this section: > > https://docs.yoctoproject.org/bitbake/2.12/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-us= er-manual-metadata.html#modifying-existing-variables > > the reader is advised to display the value of a variable with: > > $ bitbake recipename -e | grep VARIABLENAME=3D\" > > but the same effect can obviously be done with "bitbake-getvar". > should the bitbake manual cover some of those extra utilities? Sure, please, send a patch. Antonin --=20 Antonin Godard, Bootlin Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering https://bootlin.com