[yocto] writeup on the mechanics of FILESEXTRAPATHS and bbappend files

[Gary Thomas]

On 2013-04-17 09:03, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> On Wednesday 17 April 2013 10:24:42 Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>>    a while back, i dug into how FILESEXTRAPATHS worked with respect to
>> .bbappend files and i wrote it up, just updated it a bit here:
>>
>> http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/FILESEXTRAPATHS_and_bbappend_files
>>
>> do i have it about right? it seemed that the underlying details
>> weren't really explained well in any of the current yocto docs, and i
>> wanted something i could point students at.
>
> It looks OK to me although if you're going to point students at it I might
> suggest moving the "don't look here!" stuff elsewhere ;)
>
> Also as I believe I mentioned before, FILESEXTRAPATHS adds not just one
> directory but an "entire list of directories" is it allows bbappend file path
> behaviour to match that of the recipe itself.

I also think it would be good to point out the use of := in the FILESEXTRAPATHS
assignment and why it's important.

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