@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ it.
Obtaining BitBake
=================
-See the :ref:`bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-hello:obtaining bitbake` section for
+See the :ref:`bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro:obtaining bitbake` section for
information on how to obtain BitBake. Once you have the source code on
your machine, the BitBake directory appears as follows::
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ directory to where your local BitBake files are and run the following
command::
$ ./bin/bitbake --version
- BitBake Build Tool Core version 1.23.0, bitbake version 1.23.0
+ BitBake Build Tool Core version 2.3.1
The console output tells you what version
you are running.
@@ -130,23 +130,8 @@ Following is the complete "Hello World" example.
directory. Run the ``bitbake`` command and see what it does::
$ bitbake
- The BBPATH variable is not set and bitbake did not
- find a conf/bblayers.conf file in the expected location.
+ ERROR: The BBPATH variable is not set and bitbake did not find a conf/bblayers.conf file in the expected location.
Maybe you accidentally invoked bitbake from the wrong directory?
- DEBUG: Removed the following variables from the environment:
- GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID, XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP,
- GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL, DISPLAY, SSH_AGENT_PID, LANG, no_proxy,
- XDG_SESSION_PATH, XAUTHORITY, SESSION_MANAGER, SHLVL,
- MANDATORY_PATH, COMPIZ_CONFIG_PROFILE, WINDOWID, EDITOR,
- GPG_AGENT_INFO, SSH_AUTH_SOCK, GDMSESSION, GNOME_KEYRING_PID,
- XDG_SEAT_PATH, XDG_CONFIG_DIRS, LESSOPEN, DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS,
- _, XDG_SESSION_COOKIE, DESKTOP_SESSION, LESSCLOSE, DEFAULTS_PATH,
- UBUNTU_MENUPROXY, OLDPWD, XDG_DATA_DIRS, COLORTERM, LS_COLORS
-
- The majority of this output is specific to environment variables that
- are not directly relevant to BitBake. However, the very first
- message regarding the :term:`BBPATH` variable and the
- ``conf/bblayers.conf`` file is relevant.
When you run BitBake, it begins looking for metadata files. The
:term:`BBPATH` variable is what tells BitBake where
@@ -179,20 +164,14 @@ Following is the complete "Hello World" example.
``bitbake`` command again::
$ bitbake
- ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
- File "/home/scott-lenovo/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py", line 163, in wrapped
- return func(fn, *args)
- File "/home/scott-lenovo/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py", line 173, in parse_config_file
- return bb.parse.handle(fn, data, include)
- File "/home/scott-lenovo/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/__init__.py", line 99, in handle
- return h['handle'](fn, data, include)
- File "/home/scott-lenovo/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/parse_py/ConfHandler.py", line 120, in handle
- abs_fn = resolve_file(fn, data)
- File "/home/scott-lenovo/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/__init__.py", line 117, in resolve_file
- raise IOError("file %s not found in %s" % (fn, bbpath))
- IOError: file conf/bitbake.conf not found in /home/scott-lenovo/hello
-
- ERROR: Unable to parse conf/bitbake.conf: file conf/bitbake.conf not found in /home/scott-lenovo/hello
+ ERROR: Unable to parse /home/scott-lenovo/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/__init__.py
+ Traceback (most recent call last):
+ File "/home/scott-lenovo/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/__init__.py", line 127, in resolve_file(fn='conf/bitbake.conf', d=<bb.data_smart.DataSmart object at 0x7f22919a3df0>):
+ if not newfn:
+ > raise IOError(errno.ENOENT, "file %s not found in %s" % (fn, bbpath))
+ fn = newfn
+ FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] file conf/bitbake.conf not found in <projectdirectory>
+
This sample output shows that BitBake could not find the
``conf/bitbake.conf`` file in the project directory. This file is
@@ -254,18 +233,14 @@ Following is the complete "Hello World" example.
exists, you can run the ``bitbake`` command again::
$ bitbake
- ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
- File "/home/scott-lenovo/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py", line 163, in wrapped
- return func(fn, *args)
- File "/home/scott-lenovo/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py", line 177, in _inherit
- bb.parse.BBHandler.inherit(bbclass, "configuration INHERITs", 0, data)
- File "/home/scott-lenovo/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/parse_py/BBHandler.py", line 92, in inherit
- include(fn, file, lineno, d, "inherit")
- File "/home/scott-lenovo/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/parse_py/ConfHandler.py", line 100, in include
- raise ParseError("Could not %(error_out)s file %(fn)s" % vars(), oldfn, lineno)
- ParseError: ParseError in configuration INHERITs: Could not inherit file classes/base.bbclass
-
- ERROR: Unable to parse base: ParseError in configuration INHERITs: Could not inherit file classes/base.bbclass
+ ERROR: Unable to parse /home/scott-lenovo/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/parse_py/BBHandler.py
+ Traceback (most recent call last):
+ File "/home/scott-lenovo/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/parse_py/BBHandler.py", line 67, in inherit(files=['base'], fn='configuration INHERITs', lineno=0, d=<bb.data_smart.DataSmart object at 0x7fab6815edf0>):
+ if not os.path.exists(file):
+ > raise ParseError("Could not inherit file %s" % (file), fn, lineno)
+
+ bb.parse.ParseError: ParseError in configuration INHERITs: Could not inherit file classes/base.bbclass
+
In the sample output,
BitBake could not find the ``classes/base.bbclass`` file. You need
@@ -284,7 +259,10 @@ Following is the complete "Hello World" example.
$ mkdir classes
Move to the ``classes`` directory and then create the
- ``base.bbclass`` file by inserting this single line: addtask build
+ ``base.bbclass`` file by inserting this single line::
+
+ addtask build
+
The minimal task that BitBake runs is the ``do_build`` task. This is
all the example needs in order to build the project. Of course, the
``base.bbclass`` can have much more depending on which build
@@ -328,10 +306,19 @@ Following is the complete "Hello World" example.
BBFILES += "${LAYERDIR}/*.bb"
BBFILE_COLLECTIONS += "mylayer"
BBFILE_PATTERN_mylayer := "^${LAYERDIR_RE}/"
+ LAYERSERIES_CORENAMES = "hello_world_example"
+ LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_mylayer = "hello_world_example"
For information on these variables, click on :term:`BBFILES`,
- :term:`LAYERDIR`, :term:`BBFILE_COLLECTIONS` or :term:`BBFILE_PATTERN_mylayer <BBFILE_PATTERN>`
- to go to the definitions in the glossary.
+ :term:`LAYERDIR`, :term:`BBFILE_COLLECTIONS`, :term:`BBFILE_PATTERN_mylayer <BBFILE_PATTERN>`
+ or :term:`LAYERSERIES_COMPAT` to go to the definitions in the glossary.
+
+ .. note::
+
+ We are setting both LAYERSERIES_CORENAMES and LAYERSERIES_COMPAT in this particular case, because we
+ are using bitbake without OpenEmbedded.
+ You should usually just use LAYERSERIES_COMPAT to specify the OE-Core versions for which your layer
+ is compatible, and add the meta-openembedded layer to your project.
You need to create the recipe file next. Inside your layer at the
top-level, use an editor and create a recipe file named
@@ -389,12 +376,14 @@ Following is the complete "Hello World" example.
target::
$ bitbake printhello
+ Loading cache: 100% |
+ Loaded 0 entries from dependency cache.
Parsing recipes: 100% |##################################################################################|
- Time: 00:00:00
Parsing of 1 .bb files complete (0 cached, 1 parsed). 1 targets, 0 skipped, 0 masked, 0 errors.
NOTE: Resolving any missing task queue dependencies
- NOTE: Preparing RunQueue
- NOTE: Executing RunQueue Tasks
+ Initialising tasks: 100% |###############################################################################|
+ NOTE: No setscene tasks
+ NOTE: Executing Tasks
********************
* *
* Hello, World! *