Thanks Bryan! On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 1:50 PM, Bryan Evenson <beven...@melinkcorp.com> wrote:
> Michael, > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: yocto-boun...@yoctoproject.org [mailto:yocto- > > boun...@yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Michael Habibi > > Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2015 10:26 AM > > To: yocto@yoctoproject.org > > Subject: [yocto] Best practice for files copied directly into sysroot? > > > > I am working on potentially migrating our distribution to Yocto (will be > a long, > > long process). We have an area of our filesystem where any file placed > will go > > directly into the rootfs of the target. This works well with our > product, as we > > have certain binaries and scripts that need to be copied directly, and > there's > > no other real step involved (no compilation, etc). Is there a best > practice or > > existing class that handles this? I saw mention of a binary/ directory > but I > > wasn't sure if that was for this or something else. > > > > Thanks, > > Michael > > I'm glad I decided to answer your question because I think I found an > easier way to do it than I have been doing this in the past. If you want > to be able to update the files on your system at a later date, you will > want to make your own recipe which installs the binaries and scripts onto > the rootfs. In general you create a recipe which does not have > do_configure or do_compile tasks. There is a class that does this already > called "bin_package" that does this for you. See the "Packaging Externally > Produced Binaries" section of the manual here: > http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.0/mega-manual/mega-manual.html#new-recipe-testing-examples. > So if you include the line "inherit bin_package" and follow the > instructions in that section of the manual, it should install all the files > to the rootfs that are included in the recipe. > > Regards, > Bryan > >
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