[yocto] Use of BBPATH in a layer.conf file.

Paul Eggleton paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com
Sun Dec 2 15:24:11 PST 2012


On Sunday 02 December 2012 14:51:28 Scott Garman wrote:
> Robert Day has brought up an inconsistency in the way we append to
> BBPATH within a couple of our layer.conf files.
> 
> In meta-hob, meta-yocto-bsp, and meta-intel, we do:
> 
> BBPATH := "${BBPATH}:${LAYERDIR}"
> 
> but in meta-yocto, we do:
> 
> BBPATH := "${LAYERDIR}:${BBPATH}"
> 
> Unless someone explains to me that it's necessary to use this different
> ordering in meta-yocto's layer.conf, I will submit a patch to make this
> more consistent.

I think it actually ought to be:

BBPATH .= ":${LAYERDIR}"

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre



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