[yocto] recipe to clean up files from rootfs

[Mike Looijmans]

${D} won't work here, grep on ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND for recipes that get 
it right.

And, much much much better would be to just not install psplash into your image!

On 13-12-17 09:10, Sherif Omran wrote:
> here is my recipe, the aim was to remove some files from the init.d folder and 
> tweek before creating the image
> 
> #
> # This file was derived from the 'Hello World!' example recipe in the
> # Yocto Project Development Manual.
> #
> 
> SUMMARY = "This recipe removes any missing files from the filesystem before 
> finalinzing it"
> SECTION = "base"
> LICENSE = "MIT"
> LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = 
> "file://${COMMON_LICENSE_DIR}/MIT;md5=0835ade698e0bcf8506ecda2f7b4f302"
> 
> #SRC_URI = "file://*"
> 
> S = "${WORKDIR}"
> BB_STRICT_CHECKSUM ="0"
> ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN}="1"
> 
> 
> #IMAGE_INSTALL = "packagegroup-core-boot packagegroup-base-extended 
> ${CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL}"
> #IMAGE_INSTALL = "${CORE_IMAGE}"
> 
> #inherit core-image
> 
> my_postprocess_function() {
>   rm -r ${D}${bindir}/init.d/psplash.sh
> }
> 
> ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += "my_postprocess_function; "
> 
> On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 7:22 AM, Mike Looijmans <mike.looijmans at topic.nl 
> <mailto:mike.looijmans at topic.nl>> wrote:
> 
>     Well, start by sharing yours first.
> 
>     Be careful when naming your shell routine, sometimes OE considers parts
>     behind the underscore as overrides and then it cannot find it.
> 
> 
>     On 13-12-17 07:14, Sherif Omran wrote:
> 
>         hi Mike,
>         i could not get it to work, if you have a recipe that works, please
>         share it. ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND seems to be buggy.
> 
>         thank you
> 
> 
> 
>         On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 1:58 PM, Mike Looijmans
>         <mike.looijmans at topic.nl <mailto:mike.looijmans at topic.nl>
>         <mailto:mike.looijmans at topic.nl <mailto:mike.looijmans at topic.nl>>> wrote:
> 
>              On 11-12-17 15:18, Sherif Omran wrote:
> 
>                  i want to create a recipe to clean some files from the rootfile
>                  system, but i don't know how to let this recipe run the last one
>                  before building the rootfile system.
> 
> 
>              You can use ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND in your image recipe to do
>         some
>              last-minute filesystem cleanup.
> 
>              However, in most cases it's much better to determine what recipe
>         puts the
>              files there and modify the recipe or remove the package. It would
>         help a
>              lot if you would reveal what files you want to remove and why.
> 
> 
>              Kind regards,
> 
>              Mike Looijmans
>              System Expert
> 
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> 
>     Mike Looijmans
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Mike Looijmans
System Expert

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Postbus 440, NL-5680 AK Best
Telefoon: +31 (0) 499 33 69 79
E-mail: mike.looijmans at topicproducts.com
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