[oe] overriding tasks with EXPORT_FUNCTIONS

[Paul Eggleton]

Hi Robert,

On Sunday 13 July 2014 10:19:08 Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>   followup to last post -- all of the methods for "overriding" task
> definitions in the last post can be used without predeclaring that
> you're about to do that; you just go ahead and do it in either a class
> file or a recipe file. on the other hand, EXPORT_FUNCTIONS allows you
> to retain the base definition of a task (or non-task function, as i
> read it), then define a more general enhanced version.
> 
>   (side note: i don't see a single mention of "EXPORT_FUNCTIONS" in
> any of the numerous yocto docs -- i think this feature needs some
> explanation *somewhere*. :-)

Did you try the new BitBake manual?

http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/current/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual.html#flexible-inheritance-for-class-functions

Let me know if that doesn't answer your questions.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre