so ... to summarize:
On Sat, 5 Jun 2010, Chris Larson wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 1:39 AM, Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> it would seem that bitbake installation could be summed up thusly:
>
> * the tarballs can be found here: http://download.berlios.de/bitbake/,
> and you should always be using the latest release
>
> * some distros (like ubuntu) have a bitbake package you can install.
> if it matches the latest version *only*, you can use it. if it
> doesn't, use the tarball.
>
> * if you use the tarball, you can install it anywhere as long as you
> adjust PATH
>
> * only if you're feeling extra keen should you consider working with
> the svn checkout.
>
>
> This is something else that needs updating - bitbake is in a git
> repository on git.openembedded.org now, not svn.
quite right, i stand corrected, easy enough to fix. but other than
that, would the above instructions be a good summary for bitbake
installation?
> It's worth noting that you *can* install bitbake yourself rather
> than using it from an unpacked source tree, by using setup.py.
ah, and what is that incantation? a quick perusal of the setup.py
script shows "build" and "clean" actions, but i'm not a python expert
(yet) so i may just be missing it. and once that's resolved, i can
add that to the recipe above for completeness.
rday
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