On Tue, 01 Nov 2016 03:12:15 swapna.gurum...@microchip.com wrote:
> Thank you so much for your speedy response!!! Actually I ended up attaching
> an older bb file. I had some more modifications as attached. I changed
> license to close per your suggestion. Should I change FILES_${PN} to look
> like this:
>
> FILES_${PN} = "/opt/crank/"
Yes that would be a lot simpler.
> Actually to be honest I took inspiration from another recipe to make mine.
> All I want to do it take a locally stored .tar.gz file, untar it and put it
> in the /opt folder of my RFS. I notice that the tar file has been extracted
> and I see it in the
> /home/swapna/workspace/work/yocto/poky/build-atmel/tmp/work/cortexa5hf-neon-
> poky-linux-gnueabi/crank/1.0-r0/crank Folder.
> Do I need a makefile? I don't know what a .po file is..
No, for something simple like this you can do everything you need from the
recipe.
> How do I install the files "manually" within do_install using install and/or
> cp commands? Like this?:
>
> do_install() {
> make INSTALL_ROOT=${D} install << what does this do>>
> cp -ar ${B}/crank/ ${D}/opt/
> }
>
I think you want:
do_install() {
cp -a --no-preserve=ownership ${WORKDIR}/crank ${D}/opt/
}
You don't need the "make install" line.
Cheers,
Paul
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