[oe] bitbake and OE opperation

[Koen Kooi]

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Tim Bird schreef:

> build - meta-task to cover the whole build process
> populate_staging - (same as do_stage?) - put package contents in staging area?

do_stage was a wrapper around populate_staging and something arcane, and nowadays just
calls populate_staging directly

> package_write - ??

Write out the actual packages

> package - collect files files from install locations into some kind of collection (dependent on package format)

collect files files from install locations (${WORKDIR}/image/) into package directories (
${WORKDIR}/install/<package-name>) (defined by PACKAGES and FILES), independant of package
format.

> install - place files (e.g. built binaries) at install locations
> compile - make
> configure - run configure
> patch - apply patches to source
> unpack - unpack tarballs
> fetch - grab sources from Internet - turn into tarballs
> 
> Are there any other major tasks?

do_deploy and do_rootfs are pretty widely used as well.

regards,

KOen
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