[yocto] [oe] Question about IMAGE_INSTALL_append and CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL

Paul Eggleton paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com
Wed Jul 22 06:50:57 PDT 2015


On Tuesday 21 July 2015 14:51:55 Victor Rodriguez wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 12:41 PM, Leonardo Sandoval
> 
> <leonardo.sandoval.gonzalez at linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > On 07/21/2015 10:45 AM, Victor Rodriguez wrote:
> >> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 10:36 AM, Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc.com> wrote:
> >>> 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.
> >> 
> >> Thanks Gary
> >> 
> >> I will submit the BUG , do you know the Bugzila where I should submit it
> >> ?
> > 
> > Victor, you can file a bug at https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org
> 
> I think we have one already
> 
> https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7616

That's not the right bug.

If the suggestion is that core-image-minimal-xfce needs to be fixed, that's not 
a bug we would track in the Yocto Project bugzilla (since the Yocto Project is 
not actively involved in maintaining meta-xfce).

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre



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