[yocto] Remove a recipe's do_install_append() function in an append file

[Khem Raj]

On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 3:28 PM, Cody Piersall <cody at arrc.ou.edu> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am building zsh from meta-oe layer, and it has a do_install_append()
> function defined like this:
>
> do_install_append () {
>     rm -fr ${D}/usr/share
> }
>
> which gets rid of lots lots of useful functionality, like
> context-aware autocompletion.  Can a bbappend file get rid of that
> function, or do I need to edit the actual recipe? I've attempted
> defining an empty do_install_append() { : } but it didn't work.
>

if its in a bbappend, there is not much you can do about undoing it except
to not apply the bbappend or modify it directly.

So you can send a patch to meta-oe to convince that its a good idea to keep
/usr/share for zsh, or you can carry a local patch to meta-oe where you undo it


> Thanks,
> Cody
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