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| author |   Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> | 2022-12-12 11:51:06 +0100 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2022-12-18 10:50:48 +0000 |
| commit | 50261fe047dfb41c3ce9d91b9b8245ce465d69b3 (patch) | |
| tree | fe23002d8f02c904a403753a7e9153b0f60d0bd6 /doc | |
| parent | 4f57853f46423f9e50b0140cd3d4aaffdcd5a08d (diff) | |
| download | bitbake-50261fe047dfb41c3ce9d91b9b8245ce465d69b3.tar.gz | |
bitbake-user-manual: remove "OEBasic" signature generator
Removed in BitBake through
https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/commit/?id=3667e589ba16eb261cfd72c2b11429f482c239f6
Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-execution.rst | 17 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-execution.rst b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-execution.rst index 7a22e96ed..f6ebf7ba6 100644 --- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-execution.rst +++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-execution.rst @@ -552,8 +552,8 @@ through dependency chains are more complex and are generally accomplished with a Python function. The code in ``meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py`` shows two examples of this and also illustrates how you can insert your own policy into the system if so -desired. This file defines the two basic signature generators -OpenEmbedded-Core uses: "OEBasic" and "OEBasicHash". By default, there +desired. This file defines the basic signature generator +OpenEmbedded-Core uses: "OEBasicHash". By default, there is a dummy "noop" signature handler enabled in BitBake. This means that behavior is unchanged from previous versions. ``OE-Core`` uses the "OEBasicHash" signature handler by default through this setting in the @@ -561,14 +561,13 @@ behavior is unchanged from previous versions. ``OE-Core`` uses the BB_SIGNATURE_HANDLER ?= "OEBasicHash" -The "OEBasicHash" :term:`BB_SIGNATURE_HANDLER` is the same as the "OEBasic" -version but adds the task hash to the stamp files. This results in any -metadata change that changes the task hash, automatically causing the -task to be run again. This removes the need to bump -:term:`PR` values, and changes to metadata automatically -ripple across the build. +The main feature of the "OEBasicHash" :term:`BB_SIGNATURE_HANDLER` is that +it adds the task hash to the stamp files. Thanks to this, any metadata +change will change the task hash, automatically causing the task to be run +again. This removes the need to bump :term:`PR` values, and changes to +metadata automatically ripple across the build. -It is also worth noting that the end result of these signature +It is also worth noting that the end result of signature generators is to make some dependency and hash information available to the build. This information includes: |