[oe] [PATCH] image.bbclass: reorder do_rootfs

Denys Dmytriyenko denis at denix.org
Wed Apr 22 03:27:36 UTC 2009


On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 08:52:50PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> Hello Leon,
> 
> Leon Woestenberg <leon.woestenberg at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Roman I Khimov <khimov at altell.ru> wrote:
> >> Places do_rootfs function before do_install in image creation process.
> >>
> >> This change allows multiimage builds, when one image depends on another (before
> >> that second image creation raced with do_rootfs for the first one) and uses
> >> it for some purpose.
> >>
> >> Multiimage builds are useful in situations like creating an installer image
> >> with initramfs (built in OE) and an image of the target FS (also built in OE)
> >> or for building virtualized system images to be placed on target FS.
> >> ---
> >
> > This looks *very* useful.
> >
> > However, this might break stuff as it is intrusive. So HEADS UP everyone! :-)
> 
> [...]
> 
> Mind to explain how it can break things?

On the other hand - mind to explain how it can be so very useful? :) Any real 
word examples?

-- 
Denys




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