[yocto] archiver.bbclass: do_dumpdata - shell format

[Burton, Ross]

Well, as you've discovered, bitbake variables can have names that are
invalid in shell.  I suspect the proper solution is to treat the -e
output as shell-like, and parse it with a proper parser.

Ross
On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 at 09:56, Tomasz Dziendzielski
<tomasz.dziendzielski at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> So what is the proper solution?
>
> Best regards,
> Tomasz Dziendzielski
>
> wt., 16 paź 2018 o 16:00 Tomasz Dziendzielski <tomasz.dziendzielski at gmail.com> napisał(a):
>>
>> Yes, I want to source the data files. I'm trying to adapt devtool the way it's creating the workspace, then I'm sourcing a script with all the necessary variables and then interactively run commands by hand.
>> I was thinking about the devshell but in devshell variables like ${S}, ${B} are not set and developers would need to set it manually. Or maybe this is where we should do the change and inject exporting that variables in devshell?
>>
>> >it's shell-like but not actually shell.
>> So we should not state that this can be sourced by a shell. It's stated in bitbake/lib/bb/data.py few times.
>> Or fix it and make it possible to source.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Tomasz Dziendzielski
>>
>> wt., 16 paź 2018 o 15:00 Burton, Ross <ross.burton at intel.com> napisał(a):
>>>
>>> Do you actually want to source the data files, and if so why?  As with
>>> the bitbake -e output, it's shell-like but not actually shell.
>>>
>>> Ross
>>> On Tue, 16 Oct 2018 at 13:44, Tomasz Dziendzielski
>>> <tomasz.dziendzielski at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Hi,
>>> > when using archiver.bbclass the do_dumpdata task is using bb.data.emit_env function, which should emit variables "in a format such that it can be sourced by a shell.".
>>> > The problem is that the *-showdata.dump file can't be properly sourced, because variables are not in a correct format.
>>> >
>>> > There are many lines like:
>>> > PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/fakeroot-native="pseudo-native"
>>> > The variables with slash are considered to be a directory and the ones with dash are considered to be a command.
>>> > Also shell cannot properly set the variables like FOO_machine.
>>> >
>>> > Should it be sourced with some specific shell or is that function wrong and should be fixed?
>>> >
>>> > Best regards,
>>> > Tomasz Dziendzielski
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