[OE-core] [PATCH 1/5] image.py: write bitbake variables to .env file

[Ed Bartosh]

On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 09:22:50PM -0700, Christopher Larson wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 2:14 PM, Ed Bartosh <ed.bartosh at linux.intel.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Write set of bitbake variables used by wic into
> > build/tmp/sysroots/<machine>/imagedata/<image>.env
> >
> > List of variables is defined in WICVARS variable in
> > meta/classes/image_types.bbclass.
> >
> > This is needed for wic to be able to get bitbake variables without
> > running 'bitbake -e'.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ed Bartosh <ed.bartosh at linux.intel.com>
> >
> 
> The function name (_write_env) sounds generic, as does the commit message,
> and the filename, yet it relies on a variable which is WIC-specific. This
> seems rather inconsistent to me, either this thing is for wic alone, or it
> isn't, and the function name, file name, and variable name should reflect
> that.

Thanks for pointing this out. I'll rename _write_env to _write_wic_env it in the next patchset.

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Regards,
Ed