What is the name of the mirror tarball that's created? I am trying to see if it worked. I saw no log messages stating "Creating tarball of git repository".
On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Gary Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2014-03-21 15:54, Jate S wrote: >> The documentation has warnings of space usage. Will it start using >> lots of space? If so, can I use it on a per mirror basis? > > Yes, the tarballs can be quite large, but they are incredibly useful > with a local mirror. Especially when you consider that updating a GIT > checkout, e.g. the Linux kernel. can take a *really* long time. > >> I am using a local mirror, so maybe the space usage will not be a problem. > > The space needed will not be terribly different than what you've already > encountered without generating the tarballs. > > n.b. it's polite to keep replies on the mailing list so that everyone > benefits. > >> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 5:33 PM, Gary Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 2014-03-21 15:27, Jate S wrote: >>>> I am running into a bottleneck with the linux-yocto recipe on dora >>>> 1.5.1. The fetch retrieves git2_git.yoctoproject.org.git.tar.gz, but >>>> then it hits a bottleneck when it must do a git fetch to update to the >>>> required references. The git server does not have high bandwdith. >>>> >>>> One workaround that I've found is to archive the git repository and >>>> replace the tar.gz in the downloads directory. The recipe then finds >>>> the required references. >>>> >>>> Would BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS actually take care of this? Any >>>> other recommendations? >>> >>> Yes, that's exactly what BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS does. The updated >>> tarball will end up in your downloads directory. If you use any sort of >>> local mirror, you'll want to push the new tarball to it for the next time. > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Gary Thomas | Consulting for the > MLB Associates | Embedded world > ------------------------------------------------------------ -- _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list [email protected] https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
