[yocto] Menu configuration

[Joshua Lock]

On Thu, 2011-07-14 at 20:09 +0200, Koen Kooi wrote:
> Op 14 jul 2011, om 19:09 heeft Joshua Lock het volgende geschreven:
> 
> > On Thu, 2011-07-14 at 11:34 -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
> >> On Jul 14, 2011, at 8:52 AM, Richard Purdie wrote:
> >> 
> >>> On Thu, 2011-07-14 at 08:06 -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
> >>>> On Jul 12, 2011, at 3:43 AM, Richard Purdie wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>>> On Mon, 2011-07-11 at 10:00 -0700, Turner Randy wrote:
> >>>>>> Hello list,
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Is there a interactive menu-based configuration for yocto/poky builds
> >>>>>> similar to that provided in Buildroot? Or is someone working on this?
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> At present there is not any interactive menu based configuration but
> >>>>> there is work ongoing on a UI called hob which allows you to select
> >>>>> packages and construct images of those packages so its a graphical front
> >>>>> end to the system.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> We're also in the process of starting to better markup configuration
> >>>>> variables in the metadata so that writing some kind of menu based
> >>>>> configuration system would be easier in the future.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> We're certainly open to any help in those areas too!
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Cheers,
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Richard
> >>>> 
> >>>> Are there any docs for hob at this point?
> >>> 
> >>> Not specifically. "bitbake -u hob" should let you see where things are
> >>> at. Please keep in mind that its under active development at the moment
> >>> and can be considered "alpha" quality but feedback is welcome.
> >> 
> >> Are they thread of email discussion or anything.  I tried playing with it, but a little confused on exactly what its trying to accomplish and what the 'cfg' that is saved off ends up being.
> > 
> > If you have questions please ask them. The saved file should be a recipe
> > for building a custom image. The purpose of the tool is to help you put
> > together a custom image and build it.
> 
> Try this:
> 
> bitbake -u hob
> 
> -> Python traceback
> 
> change PARALLEL_MAKE from 'j8' to 'j 8'

Ugh, sorry. Bug #1244 to track
http://bugzilla.pokylinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1244

> 
> bitbake -u hob
> 
> click save
> 
> Open up recipe in editor
> 
> -> 'require None.bb'
> 
> So it looks like creating an image from scratch doesn't work.

Yeah, I sucked at designing use cases. This is already filed as bug
#1239 http://bugzilla.pokylinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1239

Thanks for the feedback,
Joshua
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Joshua Lock
        Yocto Project "Johannes Factotum"
        Intel Open Source Technology Centre