[yocto] DISTRO_FEATURES and shared SSTATE

[Chris Larson]

On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 8:04 AM, seth bollinger <seth.boll at gmail.com> wrote:

> How does yocto know which package version to choose for an image if the
> package can be altered (compilation difference, or perhaps config
> alteration, etc.) by a DISTRO_FEATURE?
>
> For instance, if I make a change to sysvinit-inittab/inittab based on a
> DISTRO_FEATURE, I can have multiple versions of sysvinit-inittab, but only
> one shipping package, right?  If I'm building two different images that
> have that DISTRO_FEATURE set differently, won't one of the builds have the
> incorrect sysvinit-inittab package installed?
>

Changing such a variable will alter the checksum of the task, resulting in
re-execution of altered tasks if appropriate, or pulling from a different
sstate archive.
-- 
Christopher Larson
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