[yocto] $HOME use in DL_DiR

[Rifenbark, Scott M]

Hmmm…. It pretty much killed my build.  Maybe I used bad syntax.  I will try and recreate it (I have since removed the directory and emptied the trash).  I may not have used the curly braces.

Scott

From: kergoth at gmail.com [mailto:kergoth at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Chris Larson
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 10:02 AM
To: Rifenbark, Scott M
Cc: yocto at yoctoproject.org
Subject: Re: [yocto] $HOME use in DL_DiR

On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Rifenbark, Scott M <scott.m.rifenbark at intel.com<mailto:scott.m.rifenbark at intel.com>> wrote:
I recently used $HOME as part of a path in the DL_DIR variable in my local.conf.  This caused bad things to happen during the build.  It essentially created a "never-ending" directory structure inside my build directory and the build failed.  I would like place a note in the glossary entry for the DL_DIR variable.  Can anyone provide some general reasons why a user should not use $HOME as part of the DL_DIR path that goes beyond "it will break the build"?

$HOME is shell variable syntax, not bitbake. I use ${HOME} safely in my DL_DIR on a regular basis.
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Christopher Larson
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