[yocto] recipe to clean up files from rootfs

[Sherif Omran]

Here is my recipe, it runs suceeds but does not delete the files

mypostprocesfunction() {
rm -r ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/init.d/psplash.sh
rm -r ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/usr/bin/psplash*
}

ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += "mypostprocessfunction; "

On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 2:03 PM, Mike Looijmans <mike.looijmans at topic.nl>
wrote:

> ${D} won't work here, grep on ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND for recipes that
> get it right.
>
> And, much much much better would be to just not install psplash into your
> image!
>
> On 13-12-17 09:10, Sherif Omran wrote:
>
>> here is my recipe, the aim was to remove some files from the init.d
>> folder and tweek before creating the image
>>
>> #
>> # This file was derived from the 'Hello World!' example recipe in the
>> # Yocto Project Development Manual.
>> #
>>
>> SUMMARY = "This recipe removes any missing files from the filesystem
>> before finalinzing it"
>> SECTION = "base"
>> LICENSE = "MIT"
>> LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${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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>>
>>     Kind regards,
>>
>>     Mike Looijmans
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>>
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>
> Kind regards,
>
> Mike Looijmans
> System Expert
>
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