[yocto] Question about IMAGE_INSTALL_append and CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL

[Gary Thomas]

On 2015-07-21 09:26, Victor Rodriguez wrote:
> Hi team
>
> I have a question , according to documentation there is a difference between
>
> IMAGE_INSTALL_append
>
> and
>
> CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL
>
> Specifies the list of packages to be added to the image. You should
> only set this variable in the local.conf configuration file found in
> the Build Directory.
>
> When I use the second one and try to build a core-image-minimal-xfce
> bitbake does not install what I wanted in my image . I had a really
> hard time few weekends ago because of this.
>
> I wonder If I am missing something or if this is a bug

The core-image-minimal-xfce recipe does not "play nice" with
the core-image class and is not respecting CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL.

I think this should be filed as a bug (and feel free to suggest a patch)

BTW, this question should really be on the OpenEmbedded development list.

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