On 2016-11-01 11:04, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
updating a tutorial about writing a proper layer.conf file, so some nitpicky questions about recommended style. first, when appending to BBFILES, is it recommended to explicitly use separate wildcard patterns of "*.bb" and "*.bbappend", or just get lazy and use "*.bb*"? i realize that, in the end, it makes no effective difference; i just happen to prefer the more explicit pattern; just wondering if anyone has any preferences on this either way. (i did say "nitpicky.")
"*.bb*" also matches "*.bb~" and "*.bbappend~" (I use emacs which makes these backup files) that could be WAY confusing...
next, what is best practice for naming a layer, since standards seem to differ. if i create a layer named "meta-rday", i've seen standards where the layer is "named" with one of: BBFILE_COLLECTIONS += "rday" BBFILE_COLLECTIONS += "meta-rday" BBFILE_COLLECTIONS += "rday-layer" amusingly, some freescale layers bounce around: BBFILE_COLLECTIONS += "freescale-layer" BBFILE_COLLECTIONS += "fsl-arm" BBFILE_COLLECTIONS += "fsl-ppc" even the meta-openembedded (sub)layers don't have a consistent style; some examples, which show all three styles: meta-filesystems/conf/layer.conf:BBFILE_COLLECTIONS += "filesystems-layer" meta-initramfs/conf/layer.conf:BBFILE_COLLECTIONS += "meta-initramfs" meta-webserver/conf/layer.conf:BBFILE_COLLECTIONS += "webserver" is there an encouraged style? finally, is it necessary to have LAYERDEPENDS include "core"? isn't that automatic? how could you possibly have a viable build system without the oe-core layer (unless this gives you the freedom to replace it with a custom one, which i don't see the value of). i think that's it for now ... thoughts? rday
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