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

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Sun, 2 Dec 2012, Paul Eggleton wrote:

> On Sunday 02 December 2012 15:35:54 you wrote:
> > 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?
>
> All, really. Functionally it makes no real difference, but I think it's
> preferred stylistically based on previous discussions.

  hang on ... i thought the ordering of BBPATH would affect the
processing of "include" directives.  no?

rday

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