[meta-freescale] [meta-fsl-arm][PATCH] u-boot-fslc: Add tag to git SRC_URI

[Otavio Salvador]

On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc.com> wrote:
> On 2013-12-09 09:55, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you have an use example where you'd need it?
>>>>>
>>>> I think he means to do something like this:
>>>>
>>>> GITTAG ??= "patches-2013.10"
>>>> SRC_URI = "git://github.com/Freescale/u-boot-imx.git;tag=${GITTAG}"
>>>>
>>>> This way he can override GITTAG in his .bbappend, correct?
>>>
>>>
>>> Correct.  The ??= isn't even necessary since the .bbappend can
>>> always override it.
>>
>>
>> In this case you're using an old version of the bootloader in your
>> internal BSP, right? I'd expect you to add an .bb file for this
>> version instead and use PREFERRED_VERSION to use it.
>
>
> Why should I do that when .bbappend works perfectly well?  I can also
> see this as a case when new boards are added or old ones are still
> around and they get updated on different schedules.
>
> Also, what does it hurt to be flexible?

In this case you'd have a 2013.10 recipe building/installing a 2013.04
version for example, this is misleading and confusing for someone
using the BSP.

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