[OE-core] [RFC PATCH 1/2] image.bbclass, kernel.bbclass: create warning file about deleting deploydir files

Paul Eggleton paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com
Fri Aug 19 10:27:48 UTC 2011


On Wednesday 17 August 2011 19:41:37 Phil Blundell wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-08-17 at 19:37 +0100, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> > +Files in the deploy directory will not be re-created automatically if
> > you +delete them. If you do delete a file, you will need to run:
> > +
> > +  bitbake -c clean TARGET
> > +  bitbake TARGET
> > +
> > +where TARGET is the name of the appropriate package or target e.g.
> > +"virtual/kernel" for the kernel, an image, etc.
> 
> Doesn't it suffice to run "bitbake -f -c deploy TARGET"?

I guess it would, but I'm not sure we really want to be encouraging users to 
use -f.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre




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