[OE-core] Openembedded-core Digest, Vol 86, Issue 203

[Alexander Kanavin]

On 03/21/2018 10:02 AM, Yeoh, Ee Peng wrote:
> In order to convert this to runtime/testimage, we will need to perform below
> 1) Modify existing crosstap script to inverse the dependency on bitbake -e, provide environment variables required as argument
> 2)  Add additional step outside of testimage to bitbake the systemtap-native
> 
> I would like to propose that we keep this crosstap testcase as oe-selftest instead of runtime/testimage as the extra efforts required and the additional step required to build systemtap-native on the host machine.
> 
> Please let me know your input and suggestion.

Right, there are pros and cons to both options. I think 
testimage.bbclass has a mechanism for adding dependencies inside the 
class, so you don't need an additional step. You can add there something 
like:

TESTIMAGEDEPENDS += "${@bb.utils.contains('TEST_SUITES', 'crosstap', 
'systemtap-native:do_populate_sysroot', '', d)}"

On the other hand, providing right bitbake variables to crosstap script 
may not be possible from command line in the context of testimage.bbclass.

Let me comment on the original patch again.


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Alex