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BitBake is a simple tool for the execution of tasks.

Bitbake recipe not applying patch as expected

I have a tarball src.tar.gz whose contents are unpacked into src/ and a patch of this sources generated …

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Distributed compile with bitbake

Do you got any idea how to build an oe project with distributed bitbake compile? I've thinked about distcc. export …

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bitbake failed with ExpansionError

Context: I'm following the NXP i.MX7 Reference to build a Linux image for the i.MX 7 SABRE board. This …

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bitbake: d.getVar("X", True) what does True mean?

I find the following: http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.1/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual.html#accessing-datastore-variables-using-python It said that: Using "expand=True" expands …

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Request for clarification on Yocto inheritance

I've recently made a foray into building Linux-based embedded systems, a far cry from my usual embedded stuff where I …

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Bitbake: "The metadata is not deterministic and this needs to be fixed"

I'm building a Bitbake recipe and getting the following error message: ERROR: When reparsing virtual:native:/path/to/poky/meta/…

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Bitbake append file to reconfigure kernel

I'm trying to reconfigure some .config variables to generate a modified kernel with wifi support enabled. The native layer/recipe …

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How can I add a task after do_deploy()?

I have written a recipe where I want to execute a task after do_deploy(): [...] inherit deploy [...] do_deploy () { echo "…

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Why does the yocto bblayers.conf file use absolute paths?

The yocto project allows the use of relative path in most of its configuration files but not within the ./build/…

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applying patch to file in yocto recipe

I have a yocto recipe to compile a code from github. I modified some files and want to apply patch …

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