[bitbake-devel] EXPORT_FUNCTIONS - change in behaviour proposal
Richard Purdie
richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org
Mon Dec 10 16:09:07 UTC 2012
After Enrico's reported problem, I've been poking around the
EXPORT_FUNCTIONS code. Currently OE-Core metadata generates list A
below. In particular, this leads to code like:
do_configure calls gnomebase_do_configure
gnomebase_do_configure calls autotools_do_configure
which has a level of indirection. The gnomebase class never references
do_configure. I can appreciate adding in a default mapping of:
do_configure calls autotools_do_configure
since it allows a user to call into autotools_do_configure from a custom
do_configure but I can't see the value of the intermediary
gnomebase_do_configure. Does anyone know of a use for it?
I have a suspicion that if it ever did do anything useful, it stopped
being useful long ago.
I'm therefore strongly tempted to remove the intermediaries from the
code. This would result in list B below which is a more direct set of
mappings.
Any thoughts/comments from anyone?
Cheers,
Richard
List A:
autotools_do_siteconfig calls siteconfig_do_siteconfig
autotools_do_siteconfig_gencache calls siteconfig_do_siteconfig_gencache
base_do_patch calls patch_do_patch
cmake_do_configure calls autotools_do_configure
cmake_do_install calls autotools_do_install
core-image_do_rootfs calls image_do_rootfs
core-image_make_zimage_symlink_relative calls image_make_zimage_symlink_relative
core-image_remove_init_link calls image_remove_init_link
core-image_rootfs_no_x_startup calls image_rootfs_no_x_startup
core-image_rootfs_update_timestamp calls image_rootfs_update_timestamp
core-image_set_image_autologin calls image_set_image_autologin
core-image_zap_root_password calls image_zap_root_password
do_compile calls base_do_compile
do_compile calls cmake_do_compile
do_compile calls cpan_do_compile
do_compile calls distutils_do_compile
do_compile calls kernel_do_compile
do_compile calls module_do_compile
do_compile calls setuptools_do_compile
do_configure calls autotools_do_configure
do_configure calls base_do_configure
do_configure calls cmake_do_configure
do_configure calls cml1_do_configure
do_configure calls cpan_do_configure
do_configure calls gnomebase_do_configure
do_configure calls kernel_do_configure
do_configure calls qmake2_do_configure
do_configure calls qmake_base_do_configure
do_deploy calls kernel_do_deploy
do_fetch calls base_do_fetch
do_generate_toolchain_file calls cmake_do_generate_toolchain_file
do_install calls autotools_do_install
do_install calls base_do_install
do_install calls cmake_do_install
do_install calls cpan_do_install
do_install calls distutils_do_install
do_install calls gnomebase_do_install
do_install calls kernel_do_install
do_install calls module_do_install
do_install calls setuptools_do_install
do_package calls base_do_package
do_patch calls base_do_patch
do_siteconfig calls autotools_do_siteconfig
do_siteconfig_gencache calls autotools_do_siteconfig_gencache
do_unpack calls base_do_unpack
gnomebase_do_configure calls autotools_do_configure
gnomebase_do_install calls autotools_do_install
package_name_hook calls debian_package_name_hook
qmake2_do_configure calls qmake_base_do_configure
setuptools_do_compile calls distutils_do_compile
setuptools_do_install calls distutils_do_install
List B:
do_compile calls base_do_compile
do_compile calls cmake_do_compile
do_compile calls cpan_do_compile
do_compile calls distutils_do_compile
do_compile calls kernel_do_compile
do_compile calls module_do_compile
do_configure calls autotools_do_configure
do_configure calls base_do_configure
do_configure calls cmake_do_configure
do_configure calls cml1_do_configure
do_configure calls cpan_do_configure
do_configure calls kernel_do_configure
do_configure calls qmake_base_do_configure
do_deploy calls kernel_do_deploy
do_fetch calls base_do_fetch
do_generate_toolchain_file calls cmake_do_generate_toolchain_file
do_install calls autotools_do_install
do_install calls base_do_install
do_install calls cmake_do_install
do_install calls cpan_do_install
do_install calls distutils_do_install
do_install calls kernel_do_install
do_install calls module_do_install
do_package calls base_do_package
do_patch calls patch_do_patch
do_siteconfig calls siteconfig_do_siteconfig
do_siteconfig_gencache calls siteconfig_do_siteconfig_gencache
do_unpack calls base_do_unpack
package_name_hook calls debian_package_name_hook
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