[bitbake-devel] should list of "Variable Flags" include "fakeroot"?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Wed, 9 Jul 2014, Christopher Larson wrote:

>
> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 6:38 AM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
>         user manual, "3.6 Variable Flags" includes "fakeroot" as one of the
>       numerous flags, but that section claims that all of those flags can be
>       set using the standard variable syntax. but IIRC, fakeroot is set as
>       an *attribute* on tasks these days, as in:
>
>         fakeroot tar_sdk() {
>
>       so how should that entry be worded/reworded? unless i'm misreading
>       something.
>
>
> It likely shouldn't be mentioned as a flag. The fact that it's a
> flag internally is a bitbake implementation detail that likely isn't
> something they need to be aware of, in my personal opinion, anyway.

  that's the way i read it ... all the underlying support code still
treats it as a "flag", but since i see no usage of it with the flag
syntax, i'll just submit a patch to delete it from the flag list,
assuming it's discussed adequately elsewhere.

rday

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