[bitbake-devel] is there a bitbake command to *just* fetch all necessary packages?

[Mark Hatle]

On 6/18/12 4:08 PM, Khem Raj wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 1:10 PM, Robert P. J. Day<rpjday at crashcourse.ca>  wrote:
>>
>>   perhaps i'm just misreading the docs, but is there a bitbake
>> incantation that does *nothing* more than fetch the packages needed
>> for a target image?
>>
>>   if i use "bitbake -c fetchall", the result is not just to fetch the
>> source, but to unload and patch it as well.
>
> hmmm I thought it did just what it says 'fetch all' but as you say it
> seems to do more hmm I am not sure if its intended behavior

In order for fetchall to work, there are a few dependencies that have to be 
executed as well..

But bitbake -c fetchall <target>, will fetch everything needed for the <target> 
recipe.  It will extract and build only the items necessary for fetch to work 
properly.

--Mark


>   i don't want that, i want
>> whatever the magic is to just *fetch* and leave it at that.  or is
>> that simply not possible?
>>
>> rday
>>
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