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

Scott Garman scott.a.garman at intel.com
Sun Dec 2 15:35:54 PST 2012


On 12/02/2012 03:24 PM, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> 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}"

Oh? Would this apply just to meta-yocto or all layer.conf files?

Scott

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Scott Garman
Embedded Linux Engineer - Yocto Project
Intel Open Source Technology Center



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