[OE-core] [PATCH 17/17] package.bbclass: make unshipped files

[Daniel Lazzari]

>I belive that "files were installed but not shipped in any package"
>message should become a fatal error. While it's true that sometimes some
>files are generated by do_install task, which aren't necessary for our
>target systems. However in generic I think this is a very important and
>usually overlooked QA sign. E.g. recently I've found/fixed some bugs in
>eglibc packaging only due to making this a fatal error. Sometimes new
>versions of a software add new files, but then they are sometimes
>ignored, as this messages can be easily missed. You can come with more
>examples if you'd like to.
>

Could we have a variable that overrides this functionality on a per recipe basis? I have a few internal projects whose normal build process spits out files I'd rather not have to package in our oe recipes (like map files).

Dan Lazzari Jr.
Firmware Engineer
dlazzari at leapfrog.com