[yocto] wiki entry on how to create own source download mirror
Robert P. J. Day
rpjday at crashcourse.ca
Wed Mar 21 03:24:42 PDT 2012
On Wed, 21 Mar 2012, Jack Mitchell wrote:
> On 21/03/12 09:50, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > just noticed someone refer to this "How do I" entry:
> >
> > https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/How_do_I#Q:_How_create_my_own_source_download_mirror_.3F
> >
> > i'm tempted to clarify that section in a couple ways unless there are
> > any objections.
> >
> > first, i don't think that section makes it clear that that technique
> > can also be used to just *use* a local source mirror if you already
> > happen to have a directory of tarballs lying around for some reason.
> > (that's how i came to use it -- several gigs of tarballs from earlier
> > days messing with OE.)
> >
> > also, unnecessary to do "complete build", i just do "bitbake -c
> > fetchall<image>".
> >
> > thoughts?
> >
> > rday
> >
>
> Sounds good to me, I was the one who suggested it and thought it
> could possibly be a bit lacking if you didn't have at least a basic
> base knowledge of OE/Bitbake.
i'll try to get to that later today if time permits. if you feel
like jumping in first, feel free. (or anyone else, for that matter.)
rday
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