[yocto] Deleting layers in Hob

[Barros Pena, Belen]

Thanks, Paul. What happens if the DISTRO is set to empty? Will the image
build?

Belen

On 30/03/2012 13:19, "Paul Eggleton" <paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com> wrote:

>On Friday 30 March 2012 11:26:15 Barros Pena, Belen wrote:
>> On 30/03/2012 07:32, "Khem Raj" <raj.khem at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 4:05 AM, Barros Pena, Belen
>> ><belen.barros.pena at intel.com> wrote:
>> >> Do we have enough information to make a decision about the meta-yocto
>> >> layer? I don't understand all the technical details, but I am
>>inclined
>> >> to make it non-deletable in Hob (i.e. it is not possible to delete
>>this
>> >> layer in Hob).
>> >> 
>> >> What do you think?
>> >
>> >bad idea. Unless you intend to shackle hob to yocto. Is that the
>> >intention ?
>>
>> Well: I don't know. Does anybody have an answer?
>
>We don't want to tie hob to meta-yocto, no. The solution to this problem
>is to 
>have Hob understand when removing a layer is removing the DISTRO
>selection 
>that a user currently has made and warning them about it; if they respond
>in 
>affirmative then DISTRO can be set to empty (or we can allow them to
>select an 
>alternative, perhaps - something for the designers to consider).
>Fortunately 
>since DISTRO points directly to a file in conf/distro/ the detection part
>is 
>pretty easy to implement.
>
>Cheers,
>Paul
>
>-- 
>
>Paul Eggleton
>Intel Open Source Technology Centre

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