[oe] There is no LAYERVERSION and LAYERDEPENDS for most meta-FOO layers

[Huang, Jie (Jackie)]

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> bounces at lists.openembedded.org] On Behalf Of Joe MacDonald
> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 3:06 AM
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> Subject: Re: [oe] There is no LAYERVERSION and LAYERDEPENDS for most meta-FOO layers
> 
> [Re: [oe] There is no LAYERVERSION and LAYERDEPENDS for most meta-FOO layers] On 14.11.24 (Mon
> 11:13) Mike Looijmans wrote:
> 
> > On 11/24/2014 09:53 AM, Huang, Jie (Jackie) wrote:
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >I know LAYERVERSION is optional but I think LAYERDEPENDS is required
> > >and at least we should specify the main oe-core, but I found only meta-networking and meta-
> webser have this:
> > >
> > >$ grep -r LAYERDEPENDS *
> > >meta-networking/conf/layer.conf:LAYERDEPENDS_networking-layer = "core"
> > >meta-networking/conf/layer.conf:LAYERDEPENDS_networking-layer = "openembedded-layer"
> > >meta-networking/conf/layer.conf:LAYERDEPENDS_networking-layer = "meta-python"
> > >meta-webserver/conf/layer.conf:LAYERDEPENDS_webserver = "core"
> > >$ grep -r LAYERVERSION *
> > >meta-networking/conf/layer.conf:LAYERVERSION_networking-layer = "1"
> > >meta-webserver/conf/layer.conf:LAYERVERSION_webserver = "1"
> > >
> > >I found dependencies section in README for most of the meta-FOO layers, but no definition of
> LAYERDEPENDS in the layer.conf.
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >Jackie
> > >
> >
> > And reading this:
> >
> > LAYERDEPENDS_networking-layer = "core"
> > LAYERDEPENDS_networking-layer = "openembedded-layer"
> > LAYERDEPENDS_networking-layer = "meta-python"
> >
> > makes me wonder whether:
> > - The author forgot to use "+=" instead of "="; or
> > - The syntax of LAYERDEPENDS is different from what the rest of the
> > variables use (in that case, an RFC may be in order here); or
> > - These lines are parsed by something else than bitbake's regular parser.
> 
> I wondered that too.
> 
> % bitbake -e | grep LAYERDEPENDS_networking # $LAYERDEPENDS_networking-layer [3 operations]
> LAYERDEPENDS_networking-layer="meta-python"
> 
> That answers that, then.  Guess I'll go fix that up.  :-)

Thanks, Joe.

But for other layers, I think we should add for them, right? 

Thanks,
Jackie

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> -J.
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