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 85471CD8CB9 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:13:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout-04.galae.net (smtpout-04.galae.net [185.171.202.116]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.msgproc02-g2.20146.1781097198393542177 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:13:19 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@bootlin.com header.s=dkim header.b=rkUXHAT8; spf=pass (domain: bootlin.com, ip: 185.171.202.116, mailfrom: antonin.godard@bootlin.com) Received: from smtpout-01.galae.net (smtpout-01.galae.net [212.83.139.233]) by smtpout-04.galae.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 21941C58471; Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:13:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.galae.net (mail.galae.net [212.83.136.155]) by smtpout-01.galae.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 23BAF5FFC9; Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:13:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Mailerdaemon) with ESMTPSA id 28A52106B994A; Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:13:13 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bootlin.com; s=dkim; t=1781097195; h=from:subject:date:message-id:to:cc:mime-version:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:references; bh=k6zfIZg0m6STvFG758yxj66wBP3INXUJjIz46fyUvS0=; b=rkUXHAT8Fh7nA9ureuzDV+sYeIALiiTGc1bJzAvoMfhB7h4r6sZL87+lWuGvezFeKWRbTq T6Xn+NnwaogCyvqFG+j9OqVjad9wA2WB/HbX6ZkPvkwixAG+ZFaYhMdoPuR/+Yov3BXcwu DUoXW8ZiQsSWA+4ejCYSYckel+MZzBERSIhszbQ0UKi1BuCZH7BdZbs0GNYFifloIFPZwZ UCbUvUzF0S9KYsEhgDhxMRwnv11HTq2IJC0vorfiCd0be/vNKHIa6ZKwxXrTPNSMgqmzTr KfeU50PFifMZLS29B7fzMOG0LK9riWtvWJ5Mf0maKCGtNoTVu7Wn1d+IKIa2Sg== Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:13:13 +0200 Message-Id: To: "Robert P. J. Day" Subject: Re: [docs] [PATCH] dev-manual: add command to force a recipe re-compile Cc: "Alexander Kanavin" , "Quentin Schulz" , "YP docs mailing list" From: "Antonin Godard" References: <06ee4e3f-d477-0b55-be14-ff74aa2383c1@crashcourse.ca> <03d3e318-bbc8-4b50-969a-908205b8e5ee@crashcourse.ca> <792c5b1a-00a8-00d3-a0c4-8cfd23be31b1@crashcourse.ca> In-Reply-To: X-Last-TLS-Session-Version: TLSv1.3 List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from 45-33-107-173.ip.linodeusercontent.com [45.33.107.173] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:13:26 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/9682 On Wed Jun 10, 2026 at 2:59 PM CEST, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Wed, 10 Jun 2026, Antonin Godard via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote: > >> 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 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 outdate= d 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-cac= he >> >> > 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 clea= n 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? > > there is alreaady a note at the top of the quilt section > recommending devtool. Ah perfect then. Antonin