[yocto] Fwd: Re: THISDIR variable in another meta-layer

[winfried.dobbe at xmsnet.nl]

>> 
>> In componentB.bb I have function do_install:
>> 
>> do_install () {
>> install -m 0755 -d ${D}/usr/share
>> cmake_do_install
>> install -m 0755 ${THISDIR}/default/script.sh  ${D}/usr/share
>> }
>> 
>> In componentB.bbapend I overwrite function in order to install other
>> script instead:
>> 
>> do_install () {
>> install -m 0755 -d ${D}/usr/share
>> cmake_do_install
>> install -m 0755 ${THISDIR}/files/script.sh  ${D}/usr/share
>> }
>> 
>> The problem is that ${THISDIR} indicates IN BOTH CASES to path
>> meta-layer-A/recipes-X/componentB.
>> So how to tell bitbake in componentB.bbappend to install my script
>> from path meta-layer-B/recipes-X/componentB/files? It is really
>> frustrating that variable THISDIR doesn't indicates to path
>> meta-layer-B/recipes-X/componentB when I used it in
>> componentB.bbapend.

If script.sh is included in SRC_URI, bitbake will copy it to ${WORKDIR}. 
The one in meta-layer-B will overwrite the one from meta-layer-A.
Then install from ${WORKDIR} i.s.o. ${THISDIR}:
install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/script.sh  ${D}/usr/share

regards, Winfried