[yocto] How to set environment variables inside a recipe?

[Bodke, Kishore K]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert P. J. Day [mailto:rpjday at crashcourse.ca]
>Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 10:13 AM
>To: Bodke, Kishore K
>Cc: Paul Eggleton; yocto at yoctoproject.org
>Subject: Re: [yocto] How to set environment variables inside a recipe?
>
>On Fri, 20 Jul 2012, Bodke, Kishore K wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Paul Eggleton [mailto:paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com]
>> >Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 3:14 AM
>> >To: Bodke, Kishore K
>> >Cc: yocto at yoctoproject.org
>> >Subject: Re: [yocto] How to set environment variables inside a recipe?
>> >
>> >On Thursday 19 July 2012 18:16:45 Bodke, Kishore K wrote:
>> >> The driver needs a bunch of environmental variables to be set ( specific
>to
>> >> driver only ) to build.
>> >>
>> >> Right now to move forward I am doing like below in my recipe to build it.
>> >>
>> >> export  AAA = "${S}"
>> >> export BBB = "${B}"
>> >> export CCC = "{S}/build-system"
>> >> export DDD = "{S}/env-files"
>> >>
>> >> Is this right way to do?  Are there any other ways to set the environment
>> >> variables inside a recipe?
>> >
>> >This is valid; I would recommend setting them within the function though
>(e.g.
>> >do_configure) rather than at the recipe level, assuming that works for your
>> >case.
>>
>> If I set outside the do_configure it builds fine.
>> But If I do inside
>> do_confiugre() {
>>  export  AAA = "${S}"
>>  export BBB = "${B}"
>>  export CCC = "{S}/build-system"
>>  export DDD = "{S}/env-files"
>> }
>>
>> run.do_configure.20832: line 78: export: `=': not a valid identifier
>> NOTE: task do_configure: Failed
>
>  pretty sure you can't have spaces around the "=".

Yes, the spaces was an issue. 
Works fine now.

Thanks
Kishore.