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Some combined repos intentionally do not include certain files. For example, Poky does not include bitbake's setup files and OE-core's sample files under meta/conf. When these files get modified in the upstream repository, applying the patches fails and requires manual intervention. That is merely a nuisance for someone familiar with the problem, but a real show stopper when having the import run automatically or by someone less experienced. Therefore this change introduces "file_exclude", a new per-repo list of file patterns which removes all matching files when initializing or updating a combined repository. Because fnmatch is used under the hood to match full path strings, removing entire directories must be done with a pattern ending in a '/*' (in contrast to file_filter). For Poky, the additional configuration looks like this: [bitbake] ... file_exclude = classes/base.bbclass conf/bitbake.conf .gitignore MANIFEST.in setup.py TODO [openembedded-core] ... file_exclude = meta/conf/bblayers.conf.sample meta/conf/local.conf.sample meta/conf/local.conf.sample.extended meta/conf/site.conf.sample (From OE-Core rev: a51b37f4db6b144386d1bd5789ec91acc78a0bd8) Signed-off-by: Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Poky
Poky is an integration of various components to form a complete prepackaged build system and development environment. It features support for building customised embedded device style images. There are reference demo images featuring a X11/Matchbox/GTK themed UI called Sato. The system supports cross-architecture application development using QEMU emulation and a standalone toolchain and SDK with IDE integration.
Additional information on the specifics of hardware that Poky supports is available in README.hardware. Further hardware support can easily be added in the form of layers which extend the systems capabilities in a modular way.
As an integration layer Poky consists of several upstream projects such as BitBake, OpenEmbedded-Core, Yocto documentation and various sources of information e.g. for the hardware support. Poky is in turn a component of the Yocto Project.
The Yocto Project has extensive documentation about the system including a reference manual which can be found at: http://yoctoproject.org/documentation
OpenEmbedded-Core is a layer containing the core metadata for current versions of OpenEmbedded. It is distro-less (can build a functional image with DISTRO = "nodistro") and contains only emulated machine support.
For information about OpenEmbedded, see the OpenEmbedded website: http://www.openembedded.org/
Where to Send Patches
As Poky is an integration repository (built using a tool called combo-layer), patches against the various components should be sent to their respective upstreams:
bitbake: Git repository: http://git.openembedded.org/bitbake/ Mailing list: bitbake-devel@lists.openembedded.org
documentation: Git repository: http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/yocto-docs/ Mailing list: yocto@yoctoproject.org
meta-yocto(-bsp): Git repository: http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/meta-yocto(-bsp) Mailing list: poky@yoctoproject.org
Everything else should be sent to the OpenEmbedded Core mailing list. If in doubt, check the oe-core git repository for the content you intend to modify. Before sending, be sure the patches apply cleanly to the current oe-core git repository.
Git repository: http://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/
Mailing list: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
Note: The scripts directory should be treated with extra care as it is a mix of oe-core and poky-specific files.