[bitbake-devel] [PATCH_V2 13/16] bitbake: save packages in IMAGE_INSTALL instead of PACKAGE_INSTALL

[Voicu, Cristiana]

Yes, you are right. I did not think about the case when you remove packages..
I will correct this and the other mistakes.
Thanks,
Cristiana

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Eggleton [mailto:paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 6:06 PM
To: Voicu, Cristiana
Cc: bitbake-devel at lists.openembedded.org
Subject: Re: [bitbake-devel] [PATCH_V2 13/16] bitbake: save packages in IMAGE_INSTALL instead of PACKAGE_INSTALL

On Friday 26 July 2013 14:48:24 Voicu, Cristiana wrote:
> There is for sure a previous value, because all the recipes saved this 
> way require an image from the layers. Regarding the "append" suffix, 
> I've found in the documentation that : When you use this variable, it 
> is best to use it as follows:
> 
>      IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " package-name"

That's more about using it in local.conf than individual image recipes.

I had forgotten that we were "require"ing an existing recipe here and missed it in the code. However isn't there then a problem if you use _append and the user wants to remove something added by the original image using Hob? Won't the removed package just be forced back in by virtue of appending to the original value of IMAGE_INSTALL?

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre