Re: [bitbake-devel] noexec varflag behavior vs documentation?

[Konrad Weihmann <kweihmann@outlook.com>]

On 26.10.21 17:57, Scott Murray wrote:
> As I brought up on the dev call earlier, the task noexec varflag
> documentation says:
> 
> * [noexec]: When set to “1”, marks the task as being empty, with no
> execution required. You can use the [noexec] flag to set up tasks as
> dependency placeholders, or to disable tasks defined elsewhere that are
> not needed in a particular recipe.
> 
> (from:
> https://docs.yoctoproject.org/bitbake/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.html?highlight=noexec#variable-flags)
> 
> However, as I discovered yesterday, the reality is that it being set to
> any value at all disables execution, which Richard mentioned on the dev
> call helps with performance.  The question Richard asked me to bring here
> is whether the documentation should be updated, or if the behavior should
> be changed to match it?  I do not have a strong opinion either way, but
> would like this resolved somehow to avoid others spending time scratching
> their heads like I did for a bit yesterday.

As I stumbled upon the very same, I'd love to see the docu being updated 
- I mean implicitly it already does that as noexec can be only 
deactivated by putting no value in it - but both cases should be 
properly documented IMO

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Scott
> 
> 
> 
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