[oe] [RFC] do we really need all OVERRIDES in FILESPATH?

[Koen Kooi]

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On 17-10-10 23:15, Martin Jansa wrote:
> Currently
> bitbake -e -b xserver-xorg-conf_0.1.bb | grep ^FILESPATH= | sed "s/:/\n/g" | wc -l
> shows 65 directories where file:// from SRC_URI can be found.
> 
> base_do_unpack is looking for first directory where requested file
> exists. Most files are IMHO found in FILESPATHPKG PN, files or P
> (without an override used)
> 
> Number of directories tried before
> PN:    38
> files: 51
> P:     25
> 
> I see many recipes really using that MACHINE or DISTRO is in FILESPATH,
> few users of TARGET_ARCH and quick find/grep doesn't show any users of 
> other OVERRIDES in FILESPATH.
> 
> BTW: ie initscripts have initscripts/files/arm/alignment.sh but that's only
> alignment.sh and SRC_URI_append_arm = " file://alignment.sh" would work
> ok even without arm in FILESPATH.
> 
> What about using only ${TARGET_ARCH}:${DISTRO}:${MACHINE} in FILESPATH
> instead all OVERRIDES?

At least I additionally need BASE_PACKAGE_ARCH and SOC_FAMILY in it and
sometimes libc-$LIBC.

regards,

Koen
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