[yocto] poky ref manual still confuses BB_ENV_WHITELIST and BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE

Sat Mar 24 05:54:25 PDT 2012

It is worth noting and the state of the variables is being worked.  I have several noted that I need to document.  Understanding which ones are deprecated will be good too.  Thanks for the diligence Robert. 

Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert P. J. Day [mailto:rpjday at crashcourse.ca] 
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 1:43 AM
To: Rifenbark, Scott M
Cc: Yocto discussion list
Subject: RE: [yocto] poky ref manual still confuses BB_ENV_WHITELIST and BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE

On Fri, 23 Mar 2012, Rifenbark, Scott M wrote:

> Okay - I dug into this a bit with the help of Scott Garman.  He
> uncovered a bit in the BitBake changelog.  It states the following:
>
> "By default it will now only pass certain whitelisted variables into
> the data store. If BB_PRESERVE_ENV is set bitbake will use all
> variable from the environment. If BB_ENV_WHITELIST is set, that
> whitelist will be used instead of the internal bitbake one.
> Alternatively, BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE can be used to extend the internal
> whitelist"

  it's also worth noting that none of those variables are listed in
the variable glossary in the reference manual.  should they be?  i've
already started a list of variables missing from the glossary.

rday

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