From: "Woronicz, Bartosz ( NSN - PL/Wroclaw)" <bartosz.woronicz@nokia.com>
To: "EXT Burton, Ross" <ross.burton@intel.com>
Cc: "yocto@yoctoproject.org" <yocto@yoctoproject.org>
Subject: Re: Where should I append Yocto bitbake task to create work folder symlink ?
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:00:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56BB4292.5080708@nokia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJTo0LZj0YE1SyYLr_cUtEQPU9Gm_JHg7996fYM+Pq4jMMX-1A@mail.gmail.com>
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On 09.02.2016 14:56, EXT Burton, Ross wrote:
>
> On 9 February 2016 at 13:51, Woronicz, Bartosz ( NSN - PL/Wroclaw)
> <bartosz.woronicz@nokia.com <mailto:bartosz.woronicz@nokia.com>> wrote:
>
> Here is the whole bbclass/:
> /
>
> DESCRIPTION = "Creates symlink to the latest version workdir
> of the package"
>
> do_latest_link() {
> if [ -n "${WORKDIR}" ]; then
> linkname="$(dirname ${WORKDIR})/latest"
> rm -f $linkname
> ln -s $(basename ${WORKDIR}) $linkname
> fi
> }
> addtask latest_link after do_unpack
>
> do_unpack[postfuncs] += "do_latest_link"
>
>
> But for better understanding I made the more throughout look into
> the documentations. I found the information about "postfuncs" you
> talk about [1]. However, the tasks description [2] doesn't say
> anything about including the task in the process, it just
> describes the demanded order that the task is put ( addtask
> something after|before othertask ).
>
> That is so, until I read "3.6. Variable Flags" [3]. Where is
> quite clearly stated those variables control functionality and
> *dependencies*.
> The documentation is quite unclear in that case.
>
>
> If you're using a postfunc you don't need to addtask at all: using
> postfuncs means you don't need to have a separate task at all.
>
> Ross
Ok, I understand now that 'addtask' is only necessary when I need
seperate task to run. I think you solved my issue. Thanks again!
Kind regards,
Bartosz Woronicz
Engineer, Software Configuration (SCM)
NSN - PL/Wroclaw
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Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-02-03 10:13 Where should I append Yocto bitbake task to create work folder symlink ? Woronicz, Bartosz ( NSN - PL/Wroclaw)
2016-02-03 10:28 ` Burton, Ross
2016-02-03 14:16 ` Woronicz, Bartosz ( NSN - PL/Wroclaw)
2016-02-03 15:40 ` Burton, Ross
2016-02-04 11:03 ` Woronicz, Bartosz ( NSN - PL/Wroclaw)
2016-02-03 11:05 ` Maciek Borzecki
2016-02-04 11:07 ` Woronicz, Bartosz ( NSN - PL/Wroclaw)
2016-02-08 13:20 ` Woronicz, Bartosz ( NSN - PL/Wroclaw)
2016-02-08 13:44 ` Maciek Borzecki
2016-02-09 8:37 ` Woronicz, Bartosz ( NSN - PL/Wroclaw)
2016-02-09 9:10 ` Burton, Ross
2016-02-09 13:51 ` Woronicz, Bartosz ( NSN - PL/Wroclaw)
2016-02-09 13:56 ` Burton, Ross
2016-02-10 14:00 ` Woronicz, Bartosz ( NSN - PL/Wroclaw) [this message]
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