Re: Where should I append Yocto bitbake task to create work folder symlink ?

["Woronicz, Bartosz ( NSN - PL/Wroclaw)" <bartosz.woronicz@nokia.com>]

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On 03.02.2016 11:28, EXT Burton, Ross wrote:
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> On 3 February 2016 at 10:13, Woronicz, Bartosz ( NSN - PL/Wroclaw) 
> <bartosz.woronicz@nokia.com <mailto:bartosz.woronicz@nokia.com>> wrote:
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>     Let's say I have my package at
>
>     host-64/tmp/work/x86_64-poky-linux/mypackage/1.2.3-r4/
>
>     I would like to have symlink created
>
>         host-64/tmp/work/x86_64-poky-linux/mypackage/latest -> 1.2.3-r4/
>
>     each time the new version is fetched and unpacked. How can I
>     achieve that ? Which class, task should I append, extend ?
>
>
> One way would be to create a new task that comes after unpack and 
> creates the symlink.
>
> You may be interested in the rm_old_work class that can remove old 
> work trees so there's only ever one work tree, and I believe due to 
> how master does sysroot cleanup there's only ever one version in work/ 
> now.
>
> Ross
But I need to the sysroot cleanup deliberately, right ?


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Kind regards,
Bartosz Woronicz
Engineer, Software Configuration (SCM)
NSN - PL/Wroclaw



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