[OE-core] PV from filename, not reflected in siginfo?

[Olof Johansson]

On 16-01-18 14:37 +0000, Richard Purdie wrote:
> On Mon, 2016-01-18 at 13:44 +0100, Olof Johansson wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm currently investigating reports of bitbake not correctly
> > handling a type of change to a recipe, where the only change is a
> > filename rename to update the PV.
...
> > Is this a known issue? Any ideas on how to solve this? Nicer
> > workarounds?
> 
> It isn't known but I can imagine how this could cause a problem.
> 
> I suspect (but am guessing) that:
> 
> PV[vardepvalue] = "${PV}"
> 
> might happen to fix this...

Indeed, that works! Thanks a lot! It's not completely obvious to
me why it works, but I'm guessing that this is just a way to make
sure PV is expanded before siginfo is dumped?

Is something based on this acceptable for integration in oe-core,
or is this just a (much) nicer workaround?

-- 
olofjn