[oe] [yocto] Question about IMAGE_INSTALL_append and CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL

[Gary Thomas]

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 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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