[OE-core] [RFC PATCH] bitbake.conf: Change WORKDIR to split by PN and version into seperate directories

[Richard Purdie]

On Fri, 2012-09-21 at 17:18 +0200, Martin Jansa wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 03:27:48PM +0100, Phil Blundell wrote:
> > On Fri, 2012-09-21 at 15:24 +0100, Richard Purdie wrote:
> > > As per the previous patch, this is really a request for comments, I can
> > > see pros and cons...
> > 
> > I've been using this configuration locally for quite some time (it's
> > needed for rm_old_works in particular) and it seems to be an improvement
> > in general.
> 
> Last time I was using rm_old_works without this change
> https://github.com/shr-distribution/meta-smartphone/commit/0d4c17de1ba7343d82bb10c311754e29d573c485
> 
> I've seen a lot of /usr/src/debug/${EXTENDPE}${PV}-${PR}" on target from
> -dbg packages, which doesn't look right, was this fixed in whatever packs 
> source code to -dbg packages?

Probably from the way splitfile2 works in package.bbclass. I think this
should be using ${PF} explicitly if that is what it wants...

Cheers,

Richard