[yocto] Replacing a configuration file from another recipe

[Khem Raj]

On 4/29/19 5:35 AM, Damien LEFEVRE wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In our base image we use nginx. I created a nginx.bbappend to add our 
> PHP configuration in a separated layer.
> 
> For a specific variant of the image I need to add an extra bit of nginx 
> configuration.
> 
> I though I could create a new recipe to overwrite nginx.conf and include 
> that recipe in the variant image definition, but bitbake shouts at me 
> that I cannot modify a file from another recipe.
> 
> If that's the case, is it possible to create image name based bbappend 
> files? Or do I need to create a separate nginx overwrite layer with 
> higher priority than the base image nginx.bbappend for that image 
> variant? (I wouldn't like that)
> 

you might want to use a function to get this done and add it to 
IMAGE_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND in the specific image recipe.

> Thanks,
> -Damien
>