[yocto] [linux-yocto] 'bitbake linux-yocto' after 'bitbake linux-yocto -c compile -f' does not create image

[Paul Eggleton]

On Wednesday 12 September 2012 11:22:07 Scott Garman wrote:
> On 09/12/2012 08:06 AM, Rudolf Streif wrote:
> > In Denil modifying kernel parameters and doing
> > 
> > bitbake linux-yocto -c compile -f
> > bitbake linux-yocto
> > 
> > worked perfectly fine. The tasks after compile were rerun and the new
> > kernel copied to tmp/deploy/images
> > 
> > In Edison 7.0.1 this does not seem to work anymore. The tasks do not
> > rerun and the kernel image is not deployed.
> > 
> > What has changed? Why does it not work anymore?
> 
> This was a bug that was introduced in 7.0.1. I have included a patch
> series in my testing branch that is intended to go into the denzil
> branch soon:
> 
> d7b818b bitbake: refactor out codeparser cache into a separate class
> 66123b9 classes/cml1: ensure -c menuconfig forces a rebuild next time
> 5bd11a9 bitbake: bitbake: ensure -f causes dependent tasks to be re-run
> 8b8be74 bitbake: implement checksums for local files in SRC_URI

We need to be very careful which patches we backport. In particular that last 
patch 8b8be74 should not be backported - it's new functionality, requires 
support in the metadata to work, and led to several further cleanup patches 
for the metadata to avoid warnings being raised.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre