It helps if you provide the context. What is the end goal here, what
is the number used for? Maybe there's a different approach altogether
for the problem you have.
Alex
On Fri, 29 Dec 2023 at 08:39, Gileon Chai <tyro...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you for your reply.
> HELLO's value in two bbfiles is same when using ':=', but it brought new
> errors:
> ERROR: When reparsing a.bb and b.bb: the basehash value changed from
> xxxx to xxxx. The metadata is not deterministic and this needs to be
> fixed.
>
> What could be the reason? My guess is that, during reparses, bitbake
> also calls the random_number_function multiple times, causing
> different random numbers to be generated each time and thus resulting
> in different hash values.
>
> I am a beginner, and this issue is a bit complex for me. So, I took
> the following approach: I wrote the random number to a file using a
> recipe, and other bbfiles use it by reading the random number file.
>
> Is there a good idea? Thanks again!
>
> ChenQi <qi.c...@windriver.com> 于2023年12月29日周五 14:12写道：
> >
> > How about using ':='?
> > e.g.,
> > HELLO := "${@random_number_function}"
> >
> > Regards,
> > Qi
> >
> > On 12/29/23 13:49, Jiliang Cai wrote:
> > > I define a global variable in config like this:
> > > HELLO=${@random_number_function}
> > >
> > > Then I print HELLO's value in two bbfiles. I found that the value of
> > > HELLO is different because the random_number_function was called in
> > > every bbfile. How to fix it?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
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