[OE-core] [PATCH 1/5] binutils: Convert SRC_URI and SRCREV to weak defines

[Khem Raj]

On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 12:54 PM, Burton, Ross <ross.burton at intel.com> wrote:
> How does this help?  A bbappend is parsed after the bb so it can just assign
> to SRCREV.
>
> Also is it actually useful to change the git url but apply the same patches?
>

yes, this helps with using local forks of upstream and at the same
time apply the
patches from OE-Core being on same version. Especially for new archirectures
where all support may not be upstream.

> Ross
>
> On 9 November 2017 at 01:58, Khem Raj <raj.khem at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> This makes it easy to override them in bbappends
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem at gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils-2.29.inc | 5 +++--
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils-2.29.inc
>> b/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils-2.29.inc
>> index 27d46eb088..35f76cba6d 100644
>> --- a/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils-2.29.inc
>> +++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils-2.29.inc
>> @@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ BINUPV = "${@binutils_branch_version(d)}"
>>
>>  UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "binutils-(?P<pver>\d+_(\d_?)*)"
>>
>> -SRCREV = "37e991bb143ca2106330bcdc625590d53838b7a1"
>> +SRCREV ?= "37e991bb143ca2106330bcdc625590d53838b7a1"
>> +BINUTILS_GIT_URI ?=
>> "git://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git;branch=binutils-${BINUPV}-branch;protocol=git"
>>  SRC_URI = "\
>> -
>> git://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git;branch=binutils-${BINUPV}-branch;protocol=git
>> \
>> +     ${BINUTILS_GIT_URI} \
>>       file://0003-configure-widen-the-regexp-for-SH-architectures.patch \
>>       file://0004-Point-scripts-location-to-libdir.patch \
>>
>> file://0005-Only-generate-an-RPATH-entry-if-LD_RUN_PATH-is-not-e.patch \
>> --
>> 2.15.0
>>
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