[yocto] bitbake: pause build ?

[Stefan Schmidt]

Hello.

On Tue, 2011-08-23 at 13:34, Lukas-David Gorris wrote:
> 
> While in the process of compiling a large image I had to do some cpu/mem
> intensive stuff on the build machine. Usually I would just cancel the
> build, letting the running tasks finish and then start the build again
> when done. This works well but the downside is that unnecessary log data
> will show and that the metadata will have to be parsed again when you
> start over.
> 
> So I thought why not add a 'pause mode' to bitbake ?

What stops you from stopping bitbake with CTRL+Z and getting it back
in foreground with fg after you finished the other things you want to
do.

regards
Stefan Schmidt