[yocto] contradictory explanations of IMAGE_INSTALL in yocto manuals
Robert P. J. Day
rpjday at crashcourse.ca
Fri Mar 9 02:51:32 PST 2012
(i posted something regarding this on the oe-core list, but i wanted
to post here as well with specific examples from the yocto manuals.)
from the yocto dev manual, section 4.3.1:
"The other method for creating a custom image is to modify an existing
image. For example, if a developer wants to add strace into the
core-image-sato image, they can use the following recipe:
require core-image-sato.bb
IMAGE_INSTALL += "strace"
however, here's the discussion of IMAGE_INSTALL in the poky ref
manual in the variables glossary:
"Using IMAGE_INSTALL with the += operator from the /conf/local.conf
file or from within an image recipe is not recommended as it can cause
ordering issues."
... and that explanation goes on to recommend using
IMAGE_INSTALL_append instead. that inconsistency should be cleared
up.
rday
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