[oe] i'm assuming some "do_<task>[dirs] =" directives are redundant, yes?
Robert P. J. Day
rpjday at crashcourse.ca
Sat Jul 26 12:43:11 UTC 2014
On Mon, 21 Jul 2014, Christopher Larson wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 2:59 AM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > pedantic observation -- i notice in base.bbclass:
> >
> > do_unpack[dirs] = "${WORKDIR}"
> >
> > and over in patch.bbclass:
> >
> > addtask patch after do_unpack
> > do_patch[dirs] = "${WORKDIR}"
> >
> > so given that patching has been added as a task after unpacking,
> > wouldn't ${WORKDIR} already be guaranteed to exist? doesn't hurt, of
> > course, and no, i have no intention of trying to clean any of that up
> > :-), i just wanted to clarify the actual mechanics.
>
>
> 'dirs' isn't just a list of dirs to create, it also sets the current
> working directory for the task. The last directory listed is where
> the path is set.
is that documented anywhere? the "variable flags" section of the
bitbake user manual says nothing about that last obviously significant
property.
rday
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