[yocto] Proper way to rename a downloaded file in SRC_URI

[Leonardo Sandoval]

On Tue, 2017-07-18 at 09:40 -0700, Jimi Damon wrote:
> I have a recipe that I built for building jzmq, however one of the
> issues I have is with the naming of the release files from the github
> site.
> 
> Unlike czmq which has downloads ( zip and tar.gz ) that are named
> czmq-${PV}.tar.gz, the downloads from jzmq are just called v
> ${PV}.tar.gz. 
> 
> 
> 
> How can I rename this file upon download so that the filename is in
> fact unique to this package ? 

at the SRC_URI value, you may use the downloadfilename standard option.

http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.3/mega-manual/mega-manual.html#var-SRC_URI



> 
> 
> I can definitely see that the file v3.1.0.tar.gz in my downloads
> directory is not unique and could conflict with another package that
> is similarly named for its releases.
> 
> 
> My workaround right now is to use the specific SHA string and use the
> git:// protocol, but it would be a bit easier to just use the released
> version and change the filename for saving it in downloads.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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