[yocto] how to copy a tar file to Root file system

[Swapna.Gurumani at microchip.com]

With the attached recipe I get the following error:
ERROR: crank-1.0-r0 do_package: QA Issue: crank: Files/directories were installed but not shipped in any package:
  /opt
  /opt/sb_launch.sh
  /opt/clear_buffers
  /opt/runsb.sh
  /opt/README.txt

......
...
.
.
.

  /opt/WashingMachine_V2/fonts/Roboto-Regular.ttf
Please set FILES such that these items are packaged. Alternatively if they are unneeded, avoid installing them or delete them within do_install.
crank: 1733 installed and not shipped files. [installed-vs-shipped]
ERROR: crank-1.0-r0 do_package: Fatal QA errors found, failing task.
ERROR: crank-1.0-r0 do_package: Function failed: do_package
ERROR: Logfile of failure stored in: /home/swapna/workspace/work/yocto/poky/build-atmel/tmp/work/cortexa5hf-neon-poky-linux-gnueabi/crank/1.0-r0/temp/log.do_package.19127
ERROR: Task 1104 (/home/swapna/workspace/work/yocto/meta-atmel/qt5-layer/recipes-qt/apps/crank_1.0.bb, do_package) failed with exit code '1'


I feel am very close!! 
Regards
Swapna


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Eggleton [mailto:paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com] 
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 8:35 PM
To: Swapna Gurumani - C40450 <Swapna.Gurumani at microchip.com>
Cc: yocto at yoctoproject.org
Subject: Re: [yocto] how to copy a tar file to Root file system

On Tue, 01 Nov 2016 03:12:15 Swapna.Gurumani at microchip.com wrote:
> Thank you so much for your speedy response!!! Actually I ended up 
> attaching an older bb file. I had some more modifications as attached. 
> I changed license to close per your suggestion. Should I change 
> FILES_${PN} to look like this:
> 
> FILES_${PN} = "/opt/crank/"

Yes that would be a lot simpler.

> Actually to be honest I took inspiration from another recipe to make mine.
> All I want to do it take a locally stored .tar.gz file, untar it and 
> put it in the /opt folder of my RFS. I notice that the tar file has 
> been extracted and I see it in the
> /home/swapna/workspace/work/yocto/poky/build-atmel/tmp/work/cortexa5hf
> -neon- poky-linux-gnueabi/crank/1.0-r0/crank Folder.
> Do I need a makefile? I don't know what a .po file is..

No, for something simple like this you can do everything you need from the recipe.

> How do I install the files "manually" within do_install using install 
> and/or cp commands? Like this?:
> 
> do_install() {
>         make INSTALL_ROOT=${D} install    << what does this do>>
>         cp -ar ${B}/crank/ ${D}/opt/
> }
> 

I think you want:

do_install() {
    cp -a --no-preserve=ownership ${WORKDIR}/crank ${D}/opt/ }

You don't need the "make install" line.

Cheers,
Paul

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