Re: [OE-core] want to confirm i'm using "externalsrc" and "bin_package" efficiently

2024-01-18 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Thu, 18 Jan 2024, Alexander Kanavin wrote: > On Thu, 18 Jan 2024 at 15:10, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > ah, got it. that's still fine since as the content is almost > > exclusively binary (pre-built) content, redoing from scratch will take > > no time at all. thanks for clarifying that. > >

Re: [OE-core] want to confirm i'm using "externalsrc" and "bin_package" efficiently

2024-01-18 Thread Alexander Kanavin
On Thu, 18 Jan 2024 at 15:10, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > ah, got it. that's still fine since as the content is almost > exclusively binary (pre-built) content, redoing from scratch will take > no time at all. thanks for clarifying that. Pre-built content is ok on its own, but if those items are

Re: [OE-core] want to confirm i'm using "externalsrc" and "bin_package" efficiently

2024-01-18 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Thu, 18 Jan 2024, Alexander Kanavin wrote: > On Thu, 18 Jan 2024 at 15:04, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i just tested, and the recipe does *not* rebuild unless i change > > something in the ("externalsrc") source directory, at which point, > > yes, it rebuilds. which is exactly what i'm

Re: [OE-core] want to confirm i'm using "externalsrc" and "bin_package" efficiently

2024-01-18 Thread Alexander Kanavin
This is reusing an existing build directory (Wanted 96 Local 96). You need to make a new one first. Alex On Thu, 18 Jan 2024 at 15:06, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Thu, 18 Jan 2024, Alexander Kanavin wrote: > > > Mono-repo seemed like a good idea at the time, I'm sure. > > > > I need to point

Re: [OE-core] want to confirm i'm using "externalsrc" and "bin_package" efficiently

2024-01-18 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Thu, 18 Jan 2024, Alexander Kanavin wrote: > Mono-repo seemed like a good idea at the time, I'm sure. > > I need to point out that externalsrc disables sstate and always > rebuilds from scratch. Is that okay? just tested a bitbake on recipe after changing nothing: Sstate summary: Wanted 96

Re: [OE-core] want to confirm i'm using "externalsrc" and "bin_package" efficiently

2024-01-18 Thread Alexander Kanavin
On Thu, 18 Jan 2024 at 15:04, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > i just tested, and the recipe does *not* rebuild unless i change > something in the ("externalsrc") source directory, at which point, > yes, it rebuilds. which is exactly what i'm after. It only doesn't rebuild because you already have a

Re: [OE-core] want to confirm i'm using "externalsrc" and "bin_package" efficiently

2024-01-18 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Thu, 18 Jan 2024, Alexander Kanavin wrote: > Mono-repo seemed like a good idea at the time, I'm sure. > > I need to point out that externalsrc disables sstate and always > rebuilds from scratch. Is that okay? i just tested, and the recipe does *not* rebuild unless i change something in the

Re: [OE-core] want to confirm i'm using "externalsrc" and "bin_package" efficiently

2024-01-18 Thread Alexander Kanavin
Mono-repo seemed like a good idea at the time, I'm sure. I need to point out that externalsrc disables sstate and always rebuilds from scratch. Is that okay? Alex On Thu, 18 Jan 2024 at 13:58, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > i'm pretty sure i know how to do this, just want to know if there's