[oe] [yocto] Question about IMAGE_INSTALL_append and CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL

[Victor Rodriguez]

On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 7:26 AM, Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc.com> wrote:
> On 2015-07-24 18:37, Khem Raj wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 8:36 AM, Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 2015-07-21 09:26, Victor Rodriguez wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi team
>>>>
>>>> I have a question , according to documentation there is a difference
>>>> between
>>>>
>>>> IMAGE_INSTALL_append
>>>>
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>> CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL
>>>>
>>>> Specifies the list of packages to be added to the image. You should
>>>> only set this variable in the local.conf configuration file found in
>>>> the Build Directory.
>>>>
>>>> When I use the second one and try to build a core-image-minimal-xfce
>>>> bitbake does not install what I wanted in my image . I had a really
>>>> hard time few weekends ago because of this.
>>>>
>>>> I wonder If I am missing something or if this is a bug
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The core-image-minimal-xfce recipe does not "play nice" with
>>> the core-image class and is not respecting CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL.
>>
>>
>>
>> its not required to.
>
>
> Maybe it's not required, but since that is the recommended way to
> add packages to an image, it probably should.  As you can see from
> the original question, the non-standard behaviour is confusing,
> certainly to new users.  It would only take a little reorganization
> to make it work as expected.
>

I really apreciate all the time you take to answer this mail

I would like to summarize this part and came to a final conclusion

Should I try to fix or should we leave it as it is ?

Best regards

Victor Rodriguez


>>
>>>
>>> I think this should be filed as a bug (and feel free to suggest a patch)
>>>
>>
>> No. Its not OE-Core or yocto bug
>>
>>> BTW, this question should really be on the OpenEmbedded development list.
>>
>>
>> its valid for meta-xfce only.
>
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