[yocto] Problem with populate_sdk

[Greg Wilson-Lindberg]

Hi Andrea,
I added the dbg-pkgs to the IMAGE_FEATURES but it didn't seem to make a difference in what was included, still no .a file in the SYSROOT.
Regards,
Greg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrea Adami [mailto:andrea.adami at gmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2017 4:12 PM
> To: Greg Wilson-Lindberg <GWilson at sakuraus.com>
> Cc: yocto at yoctoproject.org
> Subject: Re: [yocto] Problem with populate_sdk
> 
> On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 8:26 PM, Greg Wilson-Lindberg
> <GWilson at sakuraus.com> wrote:
> > I'm trying to build an SDK for a Raspberry Pi3, and I got a problem
> > with the files from one of my custom recipes.
> >
> >
> > In my recipe I have:
> >
> > FILES_${PN}-dev = "lib/lib${PN}.a lib/lib${PN}_unix.a lib/pkgconfig
> > include/canfestival/*.h"
> >
> >
> > The *.a files get put into staticdev not dev in the package split.
> >
> >
> > In my image recipe I've added:
> >
> > IMAGE_FEATURES += "dev-pkgs  staticdev-pkgs"
> >
> > I get all of the libraries in my image. In the SDK I don't get the *.a
> > libraries from the staticdev, I do get the header files which were put
> > into dev.
> >
> >
> > So, at this point I'm a bit confused, even though I include both the
> > dev & staticdev I am only getting the dev files in the SDK. And, also,
> > why are the *.a libs being put into staticdev in the first place?
> >
> >
> 
> Hi,
> these defaults are defined in meta/conf/bitbake.conf:
> 
> PACKAGES = "${PN}-dbg ${PN}-staticdev ${PN}-dev ${PN}-doc ${PN}-locale
> ${PACKAGE_BEFORE_PN} ${PN}"
> 
> This means that staticdev package is created before dev package, just after
> dbg.
> 
> and
> 
> FILES_${PN}-staticdev = "${libdir}/*.a ${base_libdir}/*.a ${libdir}/${BPN}/*.a"
> 
> indicates that the .a files in these dirs belongs to the staticdev package.
> 
> Now, I guess you should try:
> 
>  SDKIMAGE_FEATURES = "dev-pkgs dbg-pkgs staticdev-pkgs"
> 
> Se https://lists.yoctoproject.org/pipermail/yocto/2014-
> September/021645.html
> 
> Cheers
> Andrea
> 
> 
> > Regards, Greg
> >
> >
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