[bitbake-devel] [PATCH] command: Add getSetVariable command
Richard Purdie
richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org
Sun Oct 11 09:11:47 UTC 2015
There are some use cases where we want to read a variable but also
set the variable to the value read, effectively locking in any
expansion of it. This adds such a command.
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org>
---
bitbake/lib/bb/command.py | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/command.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/command.py
index 31aa071..7c980a2 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/command.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/command.py
@@ -190,6 +190,16 @@ class CommandsSync:
value = str(params[1])
command.cooker.data.setVar(varname, value)
+ def getSetVariable(self, command, params):
+ """
+ Read the value of a variable from data and set it into the datastore
+ which effectively expands and locks the value.
+ """
+ varname = params[0]
+ result = self.getVariable(command, params)
+ command.cooker.data.setVar(varname, result)
+ return result
+
def setConfig(self, command, params):
"""
Set the value of variable in configuration
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