Re: [Openembedded-architecture] Disable bbappend file from another meta layer

["Peter Kjellerstedt" <peter.kjellerstedt@axis.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: openembedded-architecture@lists.openembedded.org <openembedded-
> architecture@lists.openembedded.org> On Behalf Of Andrea Adami
> Sent: den 16 september 2021 22:34
> To: Andrea Adami <andrea.adami@gmail.com>
> Cc: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>; Mayank Agarwal
> <mayank77fromindia@gmail.com>; bitbake-devel <bitbake-
> devel@lists.openembedded.org>; openembedded-architecture <openembedded-
> architecture@lists.openembedded.org>
> Subject: Re: [Openembedded-architecture] Disable bbappend file from
> another meta layer
> 
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 10:30 PM Andrea Adami via
> lists.openembedded.org <andrea.adami=gmail.com@lists.openembedded.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 7:28 PM Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 9:45 AM Mayank Agarwal
> > > <mayank77fromindia@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Dear Experts,
> > > >
> > > > Is there any way we can disable bbappend file from another meta-
> layer in the current
> > > > meta-layer or recipe file.It will be of great help.If we can use
> PNBLACKLIST or BBMASK
> > > > to disable bbappend file.
> > > >
> > >
> > > bbappends can not be undone sadly, maybe you can try some BBMASKing it
> > > if its in unique location perhaps.
> > >
> >
> > See here one example:
> > https://github.com/vu-plus/meta-vuplus/blob/master/conf/layer.conf#L4
> > vs one allowing them
> > https://git.openembedded.org/meta-handheld/tree/conf/layer.conf#n8
> > cheers
> > A.A.
> >
> 
> but maybe I misread 'in another meta-layer' out of your control. sorry...
> A.A.
> > > > Regards
> > > > Mayank

It is perfectly fine to add, e.g.:

BBMASK += "/meta-foo/recipes-foo/foo/foo_1.2.3.bbappend"

to, e.g., meta-bar/conf/layer.conf to disable the use of 
foo_1.2.3.bbappend from the meta-foo layer when the meta-bar layer is 
used.

//Peter