[yocto] [oe] Question about IMAGE_INSTALL_append and CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL

[Paul Eggleton]

On Thursday 23 July 2015 15:28:43 Victor Rodriguez wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 8:50 AM, Paul Eggleton
> <paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > 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
> 
> Hi Paul
> 
> Where can I track this ?

Layers under meta-openembedded don't have a bug tracker that I know of. 
Honestly for something as simple as this I'd just send a patch to the 
openembedded-devel mailing list (with [meta-xfce] in the subject).

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre