[yocto] What can I share between projects?

[Mike Looijmans]

On 19-05-17 03:43, Paul D. DeRocco wrote:
> If I'm doing multiple unrelated Yocto based projects, and they use the
> same version of Yocto, and the same metadata (except for my own layers),
> am I right in assuming that I can share everything in poky, downloads, and
> sstate-cache, and I only need separate build directories? (I normally put
> downloads and sstate-cache next to my build directory, rather than inside
> it.)
>

You can share BOTH the downloads and sstate-cache. You can safely share 
sstate-cache between various versions of Yocto (OE) and distros, machines, 
etc., it was designed just for that.

Our build server keeps a single sstate-cache for about 30 projects, with 4 
versions of OE, 3 distros, and a dozen MACHINE configs. No problems encountered.


Kind regards,

Mike Looijmans
System Expert

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