[yocto] How can I change the install path of the rootfs?

[Burton, Ross]

On 29 May 2013 10:17, Sebastian Süsens <su at mycable.de> wrote:
> I want to install scripts in a folder names can. My bitbake file looks
> following:
>
> DESCRIPTION = "Test scripts for testing xxsq701 interfaces"
> SECTION = "test_applications"
> PR = "r0"
> PN = "test-scripts"
> LICENSE = "${MYC_LICENSE}"
> LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${MYC_LICENSFILE};md5=${MYCMD5_LICENSFILE}"
>
> S="${TOPDIR}/../applications/meta-testapps/test-scripts/src"
>
> do_install() {
>     echo "DO_INSTALL: install test-scripts to ${D}/can"
>     install -d ${D}/can
>     install -m 0777 ${S}/can/init_can.sh ${D}/can
> }
>
> When I run bitbake I get following error:
> WARNING: QA Issue: test-scripts: Files/directories were installed but
> not shipped
>   /can
>   /can/init_can.sh
>
>
> And bitbakes break off with this message:
> Unable to resolve package test-scripts
>
>
> When I replace can with ${bindir} it works.
>
> How can I change the install path of the rootfs?

If you want to install stuff into a non-standard path then you'll need
to redefine the FILES_ variables (which defaults to $bindir and so on,
for convenience).  In this case, FILES_${PN} = "/can" will be
sufficient.

http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.4/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#var-FILES
is the relevant section in the reference documentation.

Ross