On 05/18/2017 09:11 PM, Koehler, Yannick (HPN Aruba) wrote:

+# alternatesrc.bbclass enables use of an optionally existing source tree, 
usually external
+# to the build system to build a piece of software rather than the usual 
fetch/unpack
+# process.
+#
+# To use, add alternatesrc to the global inherit and set ALTERNATESRC to point 
at the
+# directory you want to use containing the sources e.g. from local.conf for a 
recipe
+# called "myrecipe" you would do:
+#
+# INHERIT += "alternatesrc"
+# ALTERNATESRC_pn-myrecipe = "/path/to/my/source/tree"

Seems to me that this use case is already handled by 'devtool modify'.

Alex

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