Re: [PATCH 0/1] Update bitbake to version 1.50.4

[Henning Schild <henning.schild@siemens.com>]

Am Wed, 2 Feb 2022 07:52:26 +0100
schrieb Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>:

> On 02.02.22 07:25, Schmidt, Adriaan wrote:
> > Uladzimir Bely, 1. Februar 2022 12:42:  
> >> To: isar-users@googlegroups.com
> >> Subject: [PATCH 0/1] Update bitbake to version 1.50.4
> >>
> >> Bitbake in Isar didn't get updates for almost 1.5 years. At the
> >> same time the version we use have at least one annoying bug, when
> >> messages in log files got duplicated if "--verbose" option is used
> >> and error happens.
> >>
> >> This was fixed in upstream revision 69c622b744d9, few commits
> >> before the tag 1.50.4.
> >>
> >> Also, there is 1.52 branch exists (latest tag 1.52.1), but it
> >> seems to be incompatible with Isar.  
> > 
> > One of the major changes is a new syntax for overrides:
> > https://docs.yoctoproject.org/migration-guides/migration-3.4.html#override-syntax-changes
> > 
> > This will of course break many (all?) downstream layers. But as it
> > has to happen sooner or later, I'd rather vote for "sooner"... 
> 
> Yeah, and we likely need to start by updating Isar itself, its
> imported OE bits as well as own recipes.

In fact that task should have been a second or even more patches in the
same series. Now we have a wild mix for an updated bitbake and many
outdated forked bits.

>From the back of my head that should affect.

patch class, sstate, devshell, wks files (maybe part of wic) and some
more bits.

Not sure if things have been upstreamed in the meantime and can maybe
be dropped from isar.

Henning

> Jan
>