[yocto] static libraries missing from sdk

[Mircea Gliga]

Thanks for your answer.
I already have the ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN} = "1" in the recipe

What I still don't get is why the -dev gets installed but the -staticdev 
doesn't, even though the dependency is satisfied (the empty pkg exists).


On 06/02/18 22:25, Robert Berger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 2018-02-06 14:53, Mircea Gliga wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a problem providing a static library in the SDK:
>> I have a recipe that builds a library. It outputs an -dev pkg with 
>> the /usr/{include,lib} libs in it and a -staticdev pkg with the 
>> static library.
>> The main pkg is empty, in my recipe I have added ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN} = 
>> "1" because the -dev and -staticdev depend on it
>>
>> In my local.conf I have added:
>>      SDKIMAGE_FEATURES += "dev-pkgs dbg-pkgs staticdev-pkgs"
>>
>> Then I run
>>      bitbake my-image -c populate_sdk
>> After installing the SDK, I get the headers (from the -dev pkg) but 
>> not the static library from the -staticdev pkg.
>>
>> Why is that ? From my understanding specifying staticdev-pkgs in the 
>> SDKIMAGE_FEATURE should have this covered.
>>
>> I was able to "force" the install of the -staticdev pks by adding to 
>> local.conf:
>>
>>      TOOLCHAIN_TARGET_TASK_append = " mylibrary-staticdev"
>>
>> Do you have to manually take care of this ? Then, what's the purpose 
>> of SDKIMAGE_FEATURES += " staticdev-pkgs" ?
>> I would like to  have all static libraries in the SDK.
>>
>> Thanks and regards
>
> This sounds like:
>
> https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11724
>
>>
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