Re: [docs] [PATCH] dev-manual: add command to force a recipe re-compile

["Antonin Godard" <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>]

On Wed Jun 10, 2026 at 11:51 AM CEST, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Jun 2026, Alexander Kanavin wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 10 Jun 2026 at 11:24, Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@cherry.de> wrote:
>> > Do not modify a recipe's unpacked source code, it's the best way to have
>> > your changes lost. There are non-negligible chances that it'll end up
>> > being deleted and unpacked again (e.g. because the cache is outdated via
>> > its dependencies or the recipe parsing resulted in a rebuild of the recipe).
>> >
>> > Using -f also taints the build and you need to clean the sstate-cache
>> > for this recipe to recover from it last time I checked, which is
>> > something we don't like recommending to people (if you need to clean the
>> > sstate-cache, either something's wrong with your recipe or there's a bug
>> > we need to fix), so I don't think documenting this enormous footgun is a
>> > good thing.
>>
>> I agree, I'd rather not mention it at all, and point people directly to devtool.
>
>   ok, i'll add that but, as i just mentioned, it's there in the quilt
> section as well.

I think keeping the Quilt document is fine and in this case the command makes
sense, however, it would be nice to inform users in this document that devtool
is available and friendlier. Could you add this note?

Antonin