[yocto] linux-yocto fetch bottleneck

[Jate S]

What is the name of the mirror tarball that's created? I am trying to
see if it worked. I saw no log messages stating "Creating tarball of
git repository".


On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc.com> wrote:
> On 2014-03-21 15:54, Jate S wrote:
>> The documentation has warnings of space usage. Will it start using
>> lots of space? If so, can I use it on a per mirror basis?
>
> Yes, the tarballs can be quite large, but they are incredibly useful
> with a local mirror.  Especially when you consider that updating a GIT
> checkout, e.g. the Linux kernel. can take a *really* long time.
>
>> I am using a local mirror, so maybe the space usage will not be a problem.
>
> The space needed will not be terribly different than what you've already
> encountered without generating the tarballs.
>
> n.b. it's polite to keep replies on the mailing list so that everyone benefits.
>
>> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 5:33 PM, Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc.com> wrote:
>>> On 2014-03-21 15:27, Jate S wrote:
>>>> I am running into a bottleneck with the linux-yocto recipe on dora
>>>> 1.5.1. The fetch retrieves git2_git.yoctoproject.org.git.tar.gz, but
>>>> then it hits a bottleneck when it must do a git fetch to update to the
>>>> required references. The git server does not have high bandwdith.
>>>>
>>>> One workaround that I've found is to archive the git repository and
>>>> replace the tar.gz in the downloads directory. The recipe then finds
>>>> the required references.
>>>>
>>>> Would BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS actually take care of this? Any
>>>> other recommendations?
>>>
>>> Yes, that's exactly what BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS does.  The updated
>>> tarball will end up in your downloads directory.  If you use any sort of
>>> local mirror, you'll want to push the new tarball to it for the next time.
>
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