[yocto] INHIBIT_SYSROOT_STRIP

[Scott Rifenbark]

Got it. Thanks Khem.

On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 10:22 AM Khem Raj <raj.khem at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 9:48 AM Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I think we should probably at least document the variable in the YP
> Reference Manual's glossary.  Correct?
> >
>
> yes and also mention that we only expect it to be used in rare special
> curcumstances, e,g, prebuilt binaries etc.
>
> > Scott
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 9:24 AM Khem Raj <raj.khem at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 8:15 AM Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Dimitris,
> >> >
> >> > Good find... I will see about documenting this.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Although its not encouranged to use it, its to be used as a last resort
> >> we use it sparingly.
> >>
> >> > Scott
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 8:12 AM Dimitris Tassopoulos <
> dimtass at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi all,
> >> >>
> >> >> this is not a request for help.
> >> >>
> >> >> Today, I've found a very nice option which is not documented
> >> >> which is the INHIBIT_SYSROOT_STRIP and is used in the sysroot_strip()
> >> >> inside the poky/meta/classes/staging.bbclass.
> >> >>
> >> >> I had an issue with a recipe that had a few binaries that I wanted
> to add to the
> >> >> recipe-sysroot-native in order to build another package and I was
> getting errors
> >> >> because the do_populate_sysroot couldn't strip those binaries. I've
> searched in
> >> >> the source and found that the author of that code was handling this
> case, but it's
> >> >> not documented (at least in the latest mega-manual).
> >> >>
> >> >> Therefore, I'm dropping this message as a reference to other that
> might need it.
> >> >>
> >> >> Regards,
> >> >> Dimitris
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