Git operations during parse

Git operations during parse

[david.weidenkopf]

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It appears that during bitbake parse phase, git operations are performed. Is this true? It seems that network operations are performed before the dependency tree is computed. As a result, a build may fail in the parse phase due to a failure to reach a git repo that ultimately is not needed because the package it is in does not end up in the dependency tree. Is that correct?

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Re: [bitbake-devel] Git operations during parse

[Richard Purdie]

On Mon, 2021-09-13 at 11:23 -0700, david.weidenkopf@arthrex.com wrote:
> It appears that during bitbake parse phase, git operations are performed.

It depends how you have recipes and bitbake configured. It can be configured
such that sources are pulled from upstream git repos which are checked for
updates or it can be configured such that it doesn't touch the network at all.

> Is this true? It seems that network operations are performed before the
> dependency tree is computed. As a result, a build may fail in the parse phase
> due to a failure to reach a git repo that ultimately is not needed because the
> package it is in does not end up in the dependency tree. Is that correct?

Depending on the configuration that could happen, but it can be configured such
that it doesn't/can't.

We do recommend recipes don't default to touching the network.

Cheers,

Richard

Re: Git operations during parse

[david.weidenkopf]

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Thanks! Are there particular variables that play a role in avoiding network operations during parse? Is it SRCREV? BB_NO_NETWORK doesn't seem right for our use case. We want the build to update from our repos during fetch, just not during parsing.

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