[OE-core] [PATCH] core-image-basic.bb: Allow user extensions

[Paul Eggleton]

On Wednesday 30 October 2013 09:40:09 Gary Thomas wrote:
> On 2013-10-30 09:33, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> > On Wednesday 30 October 2013 08:55:09 Gary Thomas wrote:
> >> On 2013-10-30 08:47, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> >>> On Wednesday 30 October 2013 08:22:35 Gary Thomas wrote:
> >>>> Allow the user to provide additional packages to this image.
> >>>> This lets core-image-basic behave like all other core-image*
> >>>> recipes (which do support CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL), as well
> >>>> as match the documentation which suggests this as the mode to
> >>>> extend any core-image* image.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc.com>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> 
> >>>>     meta/recipes-extended/images/core-image-basic.bb |    3 +++
> >>>>     1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> >>>> 
> >>>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/images/core-image-basic.bb
> >>>> b/meta/recipes-extended/images/core-image-basic.bb index
> >>>> 091f57d..e393a28
> >>>> 100644
> >>>> --- a/meta/recipes-extended/images/core-image-basic.bb
> >>>> +++ b/meta/recipes-extended/images/core-image-basic.bb
> >>>> @@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ functionality installed."
> >>>> 
> >>>>      IMAGE_FEATURES += "splash ssh-server-openssh"
> >>>>     
> >>>>     +CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL ?= ""
> >>>> 
> >>>> +
> >>> 
> >>> Not sure if it's my mail client but the above looks slightly mangled; in
> >>> any case the above addition shouldn't be needed because
> >>> core-image.bbclass already does this.
> >> 
> >> Are you sure it counts?  core-image.bbclass is included after this would
> >> be evaluated, or does that not matter?
> > 
> > It doesn't matter in most cases, because the value won't actually be
> > expanded until later. Values aren't expanded unless you use immediate
> > expansion (the := operator) or you d.getVar("SOMEVAR", True) is called
> > from python code to return the expanded value.
> 
> Understood, thanks.
> 
> Should I send another patch with that line removed?

Yes please.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre