[OE-core] [PATCH] devtool: Compare abspath of both B and S

[Paul Eggleton]

On Tuesday, 30 May 2017 10:16:31 PM NZST Ola x Nilsson wrote:
> Either both or none of the paths must be passed through
> os.path.abspath or things like 'A//B', 'A/./B/', and 'A/B/' in S will
> cause unintentional mismatches even when B = "${S}".
> 
> Using os.path.abspath for both seems more likely to be correct as that
> will also handle the case where ${B} != ${S} but the abspaths are
> equal.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ola x Nilsson <olani at axis.com>
> ---
>  scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/
__init__.py
> index d646b0cf63..29c4c05071 100644
> --- a/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
> +++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
> @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ def use_external_build(same_dir, no_same_dir, d):
>          logger.info('Using source tree as build directory since --same-dir 
specified')
>      elif bb.data.inherits_class('autotools-brokensep', d):
>          logger.info('Using source tree as build directory since recipe 
inherits autotools-brokensep')
> -    elif d.getVar('B') == os.path.abspath(d.getVar('S')):
> +    elif os.path.abspath(d.getVar('B')) == os.path.abspath(d.getVar('S')):
>          logger.info('Using source tree as build directory since that would 
be the default for this recipe')
>      else:
>          b_is_s = False
> 

Acked-by: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com>

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre