On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 6:08 AM Robert P. J. Day <rpj...@crashcourse.ca> wrote:
>
> recently, i've run across a couple layers based on pretty much
> up-to-date OE/YP, where fixed files are being added to a package via
> assignments like this:
>
> FILES_${PN} += "/data"
>
> i already know that's a bad idea, but i'm curious as to what build
> errors might occur when trying something like this.
What's the specific concern? It won't work well for -native recipes
(as discussed in another of these threads), but apart from that it
should work OK.
To be safe for use in a -native recipe you could change it to:
FILES_${PN} += "${base_prefix}/data"
> i was first asked
> about what might have caused a "pseudo abort" error as described here:
>
> https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Pseudo_Abort
>
> where the generated error referred to "path mismatch ... ino #######
> db" ... etc etc. my first (admittedly uneducated) guess was that, in
> the midst of installation, some of that external content under /data
> was perhaps being deleted or updated in some way that was changing
> inodes.
I don't think you can corrupt the pseudo database with a packaging rule.
> even if doing something like technically works, can someone explain
> what ugliness might result, i'm assuming from having any of that
> external data change in the middle of a build?
>
> rday
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