[Openembedded-users] overlay questions

[Anthony Tzouris]

If I use the /stuff/build directory then I cannot avoid having a single
build directory for all overlays.  My intent is to have different
workspaces (overlays) and a pristine (unmodified) /stuff build directory.


Yusuf Caglar AKYUZ wrote:
> Anthony Tzouris wrote:
> > My (non-overlay) build for the davinci-dvevm target creates a
> > */stuff*/build/tmp/work directory of about 8 GB with "bitbake
> > bootstrap-image".  After I create and build the overlay with "bitbake
> > boostrap-image" it seems to take the same amount of time to build as the
> > initial non-overlay build.
>
>
> [...]
>
> > _*Step #7*_
>
> > cd */home/user/oe*/build
> > bitbake -D bootstrap-image
>
> > to build the project in the overlay directory.
>
>
> As an user of OE not a developer of it(so I may be wrong), I think
> you shouldn't have changed your build directory. Even you use
> overlay or not, if your build directory does not contain "tmp", then
> everything will start from scratch.
>
> Regards,
> Caglar