From patchwork Tue Jun 9 19:20:27 2026 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: "Robert P. J. Day" X-Patchwork-Id: 89604 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8B17CD8CB2 for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2026 19:20:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cpanel10.indieserve.net (cpanel10.indieserve.net [199.212.143.9]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.msgproc01-g2.3861.1781032834713273019 for ; Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:20:35 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@crashcourse.ca header.s=default header.b=opDYt4aW; spf=pass (domain: crashcourse.ca, ip: 199.212.143.9, mailfrom: rpjday@crashcourse.ca) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=crashcourse.ca; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Subject: To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=+Dzn65JTKzYkQWtX8/Rk3UIiOXYaKV9336Gw+lBfCLs=; b=opDYt4aW+9R9CODS4DcoQvEXSS d8HibcZ1PbT3O4fM3aT8cA4gbgHzrtvHeYZaKKM40INBQ6YPbAKYuXRpz5SrPfAArJquC8D4SmygT Ad6AeRUNlf+TRcXW/thDfvqT0982bz8i9W+AJVnTWRNQJFtxmwMUIDM2BvGfzUXShIBtlCxjrkkLS HU2I5vJUC3MCjn1g6zZLlfZFILmhnRBJzLqd1f2yLOhVs64hPWUQTtDeh9rzK98jzOsq8ahdo6De3 mz50O2MOZ2OHDS6SjSZolySSyhXYHkOuMlhkITOnUmRPm1bvd31ubA11iDhErumB0SyWNBU8JSolc 5L6OL16Q==; Received: from pool-174-115-41-146.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.115.41.146]:47976 helo=trixie) by cpanel10.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.99.4) (envelope-from ) id 1wX200-00000006unV-1dvY for docs@lists.yoctoproject.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:20:33 -0400 Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 15:20:27 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" To: YP docs mailing list Subject: [PATCH] dev-manual: add command to force a recipe re-compile Message-ID: <06ee4e3f-d477-0b55-be14-ff74aa2383c1@crashcourse.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel10.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.yoctoproject.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel10.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel10.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from 45-33-107-173.ip.linodeusercontent.com [45.33.107.173] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:20:37 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/9668 Since this section talks about how to modify unpacked, temporary source code, it only makes sense to tell readers how to re-build that modified source. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/temporary-source-code.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/temporary-source-code.rst index aecd34099..26a96303e 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/temporary-source-code.rst +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/temporary-source-code.rst @@ -65,3 +65,11 @@ build system uses to build the package would be as follows:: project/build/tmp/work/qemux86-poky-linux/foo/1.3.0 +Finally, if you make some changes to a recipe's unpacked source code, +you can force a re-compile of that recipe with the command:: + + $ bitbake -c compile -f recipe-name + +The ``-f`` option in the above forces that task to be re-run +(invalidating any existing stamp file). +