[yocto] Question: xxxx listed in PACKAGES multiple times, this leads to packaging errors

[Dinh Nguyen (dinhn)]

Thank you Len. 

If I specified PACKAGES = “${PN}” as mentioned early, it only built the main package.
As you suggested, I removed that line from my c-mlib.bb, it then built the main, -dev and -dbg packages as specified in the bitbake.conf - thanks you...

dinhn at rs-bldsrv:/media/raghuram/data/dinhn/ioxDevLatest/ioxsdk/yp$ find tmp/deploy | grep c-mlib
tmp/deploy/ipk/core2-64/c-mlib-dbg_1.1-r0_core2-64.ipk
tmp/deploy/ipk/core2-64/c-mlib-dev_1.1-r0_core2-64.ipk
tmp/deploy/ipk/core2-64/c-mlib_1.1-r0_core2-64.ipk
tmp/deploy/licenses/c-mlib



But running into the other issue, which I replied to Paul’s email few minutes ago. Please take a look if you have time. Thx

Thanks again Len.
  —Dinh




On 10/4/16, 2:55 PM, "Lennart Sorensen" <lsorense at csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:

>On Tue, Oct 04, 2016 at 07:47:58PM +0000, Dinh Nguyen (dinhn) wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Paul, thanks much for prompt response. 
>> 
>> The c-mlib.bb below has the packages var as
>> PACKAGES =+ "${PN}” I also tried PACKAGES = "${PN}” 
>
>Don't do that.
>
>In bitbake.conf you have:
>
>PACKAGES = "${PN}-dbg ${PN}-staticdev ${PN}-dev ${PN}-doc ${PN}-locale ${PACKAGE_BEFORE_PN} ${PN}"
>
>So all those package names are implied and always exist.  Don't try to
>add them yourself.
>
>Only do anything with PACKAGES if you want to add any other package
>names or totally override the list of packages (in which case you have
>to use PACKAGES = of course)
>
>For example base-files does override the list completely, as does glibc
>and a few other ones, but most only add to it.
>
>-- 
>Len Sorensen