<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 2:43 PM, Paul Eggleton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com" target="_blank">paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Friday 21 December 2012 23:50:25 Bob Cochran wrote:<br>
> On 12/21/2012 08:35 PM, Bob Cochran wrote:<br>
</div><div class="im">> > I just noticed that the current bitbake manual states in the "Defining<br>
> > executable metadata" section that executable metadata is only supported<br>
> > in .bb and .bbclass files, but I find that I can put (at least some<br>
> > basic) tasks in .bbappend files, too.<br>
> ><br>
> > Is this an oversight in the documentation, or are there gotchas adding<br>
> > tasks to bbappend files that I haven't come across? If it's the former,<br>
> > I'll submit a patch.<br>
><br>
</div><div class="im">> I see that bbappend isn't mentioned anywhere in the bitbake manual.<br>
> That's a little confusing?<br>
<br>
</div>This is just an example of where the bitbake manual needs updating - bbappends<br>
weren't implemented when it was written. I believe the bitbake manual is being<br>
updated at the moment but I'm sure patches would still be welcome to extend it<br>
to mention bbappends in the appropriate places.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>Yes, the manual is being updated. Look for significant patches over the next month.</div><div style> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Cheers,<br>
Paul<br>
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Paul Eggleton<br>
Intel Open Source Technology Centre<br>
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