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| <chapter> |
| <title>File Download Support</title> |
| |
| <para> |
| BitBake's fetch module is a standalone piece of library code |
| that deals with the intricacies of downloading source code |
| and files from remote systems. |
| Fetching source code is one of the cornerstones of building software. |
| As such, this module forms an important part of BitBake. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para> |
| The current fetch module is called "fetch2" and refers to the |
| fact that it is the second major version of the API. |
| The original version is obsolete and has been removed from the codebase. |
| Thus, in all cases, "fetch" refers to "fetch2" in this |
| manual. |
| </para> |
| |
| <section id='the-download-fetch'> |
| <title>The Download (Fetch)</title> |
| |
| <para> |
| BitBake takes several steps when fetching source code or files. |
| The fetcher codebase deals with two distinct processes in order: |
| obtaining the files from somewhere (cached or otherwise) |
| and then unpacking those files into a specific location and |
| perhaps in a specific way. |
| Getting and unpacking the files is often optionally followed |
| by patching. |
| Patching, however, is not covered by this module. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para> |
| The code to execute the first part of this process, a fetch, |
| looks something like the following: |
| <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
| src_uri = (d.getVar('SRC_URI', True) or "").split() |
| fetcher = bb.fetch2.Fetch(src_uri, d) |
| fetcher.download() |
| </literallayout> |
| This code sets up an instance of the fetch class. |
| The instance uses a space-separated list of URLs from the |
| <link linkend='var-SRC_URI'><filename>SRC_URI</filename></link> |
| variable and then calls the <filename>download</filename> |
| method to download the files. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para> |
| The instantiation of the fetch class is usually followed by: |
| <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
| rootdir = l.getVar('WORKDIR', True) |
| fetcher.unpack(rootdir) |
| </literallayout> |
| This code unpacks the downloaded files to the |
| specified by <filename>WORKDIR</filename>. |
| <note> |
| For convenience, the naming in these examples matches |
| the variables used by OpenEmbedded. |
| If you want to see the above code in action, examine |
| the OpenEmbedded class file <filename>base.bbclass</filename>. |
| </note> |
| The <filename>SRC_URI</filename> and <filename>WORKDIR</filename> |
| variables are not hardcoded into the fetcher, since those fetcher |
| methods can be (and are) called with different variable names. |
| In OpenEmbedded for example, the shared state (sstate) code uses |
| the fetch module to fetch the sstate files. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para> |
| When the <filename>download()</filename> method is called, |
| BitBake tries to resolve the URLs by looking for source files |
| in a specific search order: |
| <itemizedlist> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>Pre-mirror Sites:</emphasis> |
| BitBake first uses pre-mirrors to try and find source files. |
| These locations are defined using the |
| <link linkend='var-PREMIRRORS'><filename>PREMIRRORS</filename></link> |
| variable. |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>Source URI:</emphasis> |
| If pre-mirrors fail, BitBake uses the original URL (e.g from |
| <filename>SRC_URI</filename>). |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>Mirror Sites:</emphasis> |
| If fetch failures occur, BitBake next uses mirror locations as |
| defined by the |
| <link linkend='var-MIRRORS'><filename>MIRRORS</filename></link> |
| variable. |
| </para></listitem> |
| </itemizedlist> |
| </para> |
| |
| <para> |
| For each URL passed to the fetcher, the fetcher |
| calls the submodule that handles that particular URL type. |
| This behavior can be the source of some confusion when you |
| are providing URLs for the <filename>SRC_URI</filename> |
| variable. |
| Consider the following two URLs: |
| <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
| http://git.yoctoproject.org/git/poky;protocol=git |
| git://git.yoctoproject.org/git/poky;protocol=http |
| </literallayout> |
| In the former case, the URL is passed to the |
| <filename>wget</filename> fetcher, which does not |
| understand "git". |
| Therefore, the latter case is the correct form since the |
| Git fetcher does know how to use HTTP as a transport. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para> |
| Here are some examples that show commonly used mirror |
| definitions: |
| <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
| PREMIRRORS ?= "\ |
| bzr://.*/.* http://somemirror.org/sources/ \n \ |
| cvs://.*/.* http://somemirror.org/sources/ \n \ |
| git://.*/.* http://somemirror.org/sources/ \n \ |
| hg://.*/.* http://somemirror.org/sources/ \n \ |
| osc://.*/.* http://somemirror.org/sources/ \n \ |
| p4://.*/.* http://somemirror.org/sources/ \n \ |
| svn://.*/.* http://somemirror.org/sources/ \n" |
| |
| MIRRORS =+ "\ |
| ftp://.*/.* http://somemirror.org/sources/ \n \ |
| http://.*/.* http://somemirror.org/sources/ \n \ |
| https://.*/.* http://somemirror.org/sources/ \n" |
| </literallayout> |
| It is useful to note that BitBake supports |
| cross-URLs. |
| It is possible to mirror a Git repository on an HTTP |
| server as a tarball. |
| This is what the <filename>git://</filename> mapping in |
| the previous example does. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para> |
| Since network accesses are slow, Bitbake maintains a |
| cache of files downloaded from the network. |
| Any source files that are not local (i.e. |
| downloaded from the Internet) are placed into the download |
| directory, which is specified by the |
| <link linkend='var-DL_DIR'><filename>DL_DIR</filename></link> |
| variable. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para> |
| File integrity is of key importance for reproducing builds. |
| For non-local archive downloads, the fetcher code can verify |
| SHA-256 and MD5 checksums to ensure the archives have been |
| downloaded correctly. |
| You can specify these checksums by using the |
| <filename>SRC_URI</filename> variable with the appropriate |
| varflags as follows: |
| <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
| SRC_URI[md5sum] = "<replaceable>value</replaceable>" |
| SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "<replaceable>value</replaceable>" |
| </literallayout> |
| You can also specify the checksums as parameters on the |
| <filename>SRC_URI</filename> as shown below: |
| <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
| SRC_URI = "http://example.com/foobar.tar.bz2;md5sum=4a8e0f237e961fd7785d19d07fdb994d" |
| </literallayout> |
| If multiple URIs exist, you can specify the checksums either |
| directly as in the previous example, or you can name the URLs. |
| The following syntax shows how you name the URIs: |
| <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
| SRC_URI = "http://example.com/foobar.tar.bz2;name=foo" |
| SRC_URI[foo.md5sum] = 4a8e0f237e961fd7785d19d07fdb994d |
| </literallayout> |
| After a file has been downloaded and has had its checksum checked, |
| a ".done" stamp is placed in <filename>DL_DIR</filename>. |
| BitBake uses this stamp during subsequent builds to avoid |
| downloading or comparing a checksum for the file again. |
| <note> |
| It is assumed that local storage is safe from data corruption. |
| If this were not the case, there would be bigger issues to worry about. |
| </note> |
| </para> |
| |
| <para> |
| If |
| <link linkend='var-BB_STRICT_CHECKSUM'><filename>BB_STRICT_CHECKSUM</filename></link> |
| is set, any download without a checksum triggers an |
| error message. |
| The |
| <link linkend='var-BB_NO_NETWORK'><filename>BB_NO_NETWORK</filename></link> |
| variable can be used to make any attempted network access a fatal |
| error, which is useful for checking that mirrors are complete |
| as well as other things. |
| </para> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section id='bb-the-unpack'> |
| <title>The Unpack</title> |
| |
| <para> |
| The unpack process usually immediately follows the download. |
| For all URLs except Git URLs, BitBake uses the common |
| <filename>unpack</filename> method. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para> |
| A number of parameters exist that you can specify within the |
| URL to govern the behavior of the unpack stage: |
| <itemizedlist> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>unpack:</emphasis> |
| Controls whether the URL components are unpacked. |
| If set to "1", which is the default, the components |
| are unpacked. |
| If set to "0", the unpack stage leaves the file alone. |
| This parameter is useful when you want an archive to be |
| copied in and not be unpacked. |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>dos:</emphasis> |
| Applies to <filename>.zip</filename> and |
| <filename>.jar</filename> files and specifies whether to |
| use DOS line ending conversion on text files. |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>basepath:</emphasis> |
| Instructs the unpack stage to strip the specified |
| directories from the source path when unpacking. |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>subdir:</emphasis> |
| Unpacks the specific URL to the specified subdirectory |
| within the root directory. |
| </para></listitem> |
| </itemizedlist> |
| The unpack call automatically decompresses and extracts files |
| with ".Z", ".z", ".gz", ".xz", ".zip", ".jar", ".ipk", ".rpm". |
| ".srpm", ".deb" and ".bz2" extensions as well as various combinations |
| of tarball extensions. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para> |
| As mentioned, the Git fetcher has its own unpack method that |
| is optimized to work with Git trees. |
| Basically, this method works by cloning the tree into the final |
| directory. |
| The process is completed using references so that there is |
| only one central copy of the Git metadata needed. |
| </para> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section id='bb-fetchers'> |
| <title>Fetchers</title> |
| |
| <para> |
| As mentioned earlier, the URL prefix determines which |
| fetcher submodule BitBake uses. |
| Each submodule can support different URL parameters, |
| which are described in the following sections. |
| </para> |
| |
| <section id='local-file-fetcher'> |
| <title>Local file fetcher (<filename>file://</filename>)</title> |
| |
| <para> |
| This submodule handles URLs that begin with |
| <filename>file://</filename>. |
| The filename you specify within the URL can be |
| either an absolute or relative path to a file. |
| If the filename is relative, the contents of the |
| <link linkend='var-FILESPATH'><filename>FILESPATH</filename></link> |
| variable is used in the same way |
| <filename>PATH</filename> is used to find executables. |
| Failing that, |
| <link linkend='var-FILESDIR'><filename>FILESDIR</filename></link> |
| is used to find the appropriate relative file. |
| <note> |
| <filename>FILESDIR</filename> is deprecated and can |
| be replaced with <filename>FILESPATH</filename>. |
| Because <filename>FILESDIR</filename> is likely to be |
| removed, you should not use this variable in any new code. |
| </note> |
| If the file cannot be found, it is assumed that it is available in |
| <link linkend='var-DL_DIR'><filename>DL_DIR</filename></link> |
| by the time the <filename>download()</filename> method is called. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para> |
| If you specify a directory, the entire directory is |
| unpacked. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para> |
| Here are a couple of example URLs, the first relative and |
| the second absolute: |
| <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
| SRC_URI = "file://relativefile.patch" |
| SRC_URI = "file:///Users/ich/very_important_software" |
| </literallayout> |
| </para> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section id='http-ftp-fetcher'> |
| <title>HTTP/FTP wget fetcher (<filename>http://</filename>, <filename>ftp://</filename>, <filename>https://</filename>)</title> |
| |
| <para> |
| This fetcher obtains files from web and FTP servers. |
| Internally, the fetcher uses the wget utility. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para> |
| The executable and parameters used are specified by the |
| <filename>FETCHCMD_wget</filename> variable, which defaults |
| to sensible values. |
| The fetcher supports a parameter "downloadfilename" that |
| allows the name of the downloaded file to be specified. |
| Specifying the name of the downloaded file is useful |
| for avoiding collisions in |
| <link linkend='var-DL_DIR'><filename>DL_DIR</filename></link> |
| when dealing with multiple files that have the same name. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para> |
| Some example URLs are as follows: |
| <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
| SRC_URI = "http://oe.handhelds.org/not_there.aac" |
| SRC_URI = "ftp://oe.handhelds.org/not_there_as_well.aac" |
| SRC_URI = "ftp://you@oe.handhelds.org/home/you/secret.plan" |
| </literallayout> |
| </para> |
| <note> |
| Because URL parameters are delimited by semi-colons, this can |
| introduce ambiguity when parsing URLs that also contain semi-colons, |
| for example: |
| <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
| SRC_URI = "http://abc123.org/git/?p=gcc/gcc.git;a=snapshot;h=a5dd47" |
| </literallayout> |
| Such URLs should should be modified by replacing semi-colons with '&' characters: |
| <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
| SRC_URI = "http://abc123.org/git/?p=gcc/gcc.git&a=snapshot&h=a5dd47" |
| </literallayout> |
| In most cases this should work. Treating semi-colons and '&' in queries |
| identically is recommended by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). |
| Note that due to the nature of the URL, you may have to specify the name |
| of the downloaded file as well: |
| <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
| SRC_URI = "http://abc123.org/git/?p=gcc/gcc.git&a=snapshot&h=a5dd47;downloadfilename=myfile.bz2" |
| </literallayout> |
| </note> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section id='cvs-fetcher'> |
| <title>CVS fetcher (<filename>(cvs://</filename>)</title> |
| |
| <para> |
| This submodule handles checking out files from the |
| CVS version control system. |
| You can configure it using a number of different variables: |
| <itemizedlist> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>FETCHCMD_cvs</filename>:</emphasis> |
| The name of the executable to use when running |
| the <filename>cvs</filename> command. |
| This name is usually "cvs". |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>SRCDATE</filename>:</emphasis> |
| The date to use when fetching the CVS source code. |
| A special value of "now" causes the checkout to |
| be updated on every build. |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis><link linkend='var-CVSDIR'><filename>CVSDIR</filename></link>:</emphasis> |
| Specifies where a temporary checkout is saved. |
| The location is often <filename>DL_DIR/cvs</filename>. |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>CVS_PROXY_HOST</filename>:</emphasis> |
| The name to use as a "proxy=" parameter to the |
| <filename>cvs</filename> command. |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>CVS_PROXY_PORT</filename>:</emphasis> |
| The port number to use as a "proxyport=" parameter to |
| the <filename>cvs</filename> command. |
| </para></listitem> |
| </itemizedlist> |
| As well as the standard username and password URL syntax, |
| you can also configure the fetcher with various URL parameters: |
| </para> |
| |
| <para> |
| The supported parameters are as follows: |
| <itemizedlist> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>"method":</emphasis> |
| The protocol over which to communicate with the CVS server. |
| By default, this protocol is "pserver". |
| If "method" is set to "ext", BitBake examines the |
| "rsh" parameter and sets <filename>CVS_RSH</filename>. |
| You can use "dir" for local directories. |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>"module":</emphasis> |
| Specifies the module to check out. |
| You must supply this parameter. |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>"tag":</emphasis> |
| Describes which CVS TAG should be used for |
| the checkout. |
| By default, the TAG is empty. |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>"date":</emphasis> |
| Specifies a date. |
| If no "date" is specified, the |
| <link linkend='var-SRCDATE'><filename>SRCDATE</filename></link> |
| of the configuration is used to checkout a specific date. |
| The special value of "now" causes the checkout to be |
| updated on every build. |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>"localdir":</emphasis> |
| Used to rename the module. |
| Effectively, you are renaming the output directory |
| to which the module is unpacked. |
| You are forcing the module into a special |
| directory relative to |
| <link linkend='var-CVSDIR'><filename>CVSDIR</filename></link>. |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>"rsh"</emphasis> |
| Used in conjunction with the "method" parameter. |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>"scmdata":</emphasis> |
| Causes the CVS metadata to be maintained in the tarball |
| the fetcher creates when set to "keep". |
| The tarball is expanded into the work directory. |
| By default, the CVS metadata is removed. |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>"fullpath":</emphasis> |
| Controls whether the resulting checkout is at the |
| module level, which is the default, or is at deeper |
| paths. |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>"norecurse":</emphasis> |
| Causes the fetcher to only checkout the specified |
| directory with no recurse into any subdirectories. |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>"port":</emphasis> |
| The port to which the CVS server connects. |
| </para></listitem> |
| </itemizedlist> |
| Some example URLs are as follows: |
| <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
| SRC_URI = "cvs://CVSROOT;module=mymodule;tag=some-version;method=ext" |
| SRC_URI = "cvs://CVSROOT;module=mymodule;date=20060126;localdir=usethat" |
| </literallayout> |
| </para> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section id='svn-fetcher'> |
| <title>Subversion (SVN) Fetcher (<filename>svn://</filename>)</title> |
| |
| <para> |
| This fetcher submodule fetches code from the |
| Subversion source control system. |
| The executable used is specified by |
| <filename>FETCHCMD_svn</filename>, which defaults |
| to "svn". |
| The fetcher's temporary working directory is set by |
| <link linkend='var-SVNDIR'><filename>SVNDIR</filename></link>, |
| which is usually <filename>DL_DIR/svn</filename>. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para> |
| The supported parameters are as follows: |
| <itemizedlist> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>"module":</emphasis> |
| The name of the svn module to checkout. |
| You must provide this parameter. |
| You can think of this parameter as the top-level |
| directory of the repository data you want. |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>"protocol":</emphasis> |
| The protocol to use, which defaults to "svn". |
| Other options are "svn+ssh" and "rsh". |
| For "rsh", the "rsh" parameter is also used. |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>"rev":</emphasis> |
| The revision of the source code to checkout. |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>"date":</emphasis> |
| The date of the source code to checkout. |
| Specific revisions are generally much safer to checkout |
| rather than by date as they do not involve timezones |
| (e.g. they are much more deterministic). |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>"scmdata":</emphasis> |
| Causes the “.svn” directories to be available during |
| compile-time when set to "keep". |
| By default, these directories are removed. |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>"transportuser":</emphasis> |
| When required, sets the username for the transport. |
| By default, this parameter is empty. |
| The transport username is different than the username |
| used in the main URL, which is passed to the subversion |
| command. |
| </para></listitem> |
| </itemizedlist> |
| Following are two examples using svn: |
| <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
| SRC_URI = "svn://svn.oe.handhelds.org/svn;module=vip;proto=http;rev=667" |
| SRC_URI = "svn://svn.oe.handhelds.org/svn/;module=opie;proto=svn+ssh;date=20060126" |
| </literallayout> |
| </para> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section id='git-fetcher'> |
| <title>Git Fetcher (<filename>git://</filename>)</title> |
| |
| <para> |
| This fetcher submodule fetches code from the Git |
| source control system. |
| The fetcher works by creating a bare clone of the |
| remote into |
| <link linkend='var-GITDIR'><filename>GITDIR</filename></link>, |
| which is usually <filename>DL_DIR/git2</filename>. |
| This bare clone is then cloned into the work directory during the |
| unpack stage when a specific tree is checked out. |
| This is done using alternates and by reference to |
| minimize the amount of duplicate data on the disk and |
| make the unpack process fast. |
| The executable used can be set with |
| <filename>FETCHCMD_git</filename>. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para> |
| This fetcher supports the following parameters: |
| <itemizedlist> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>"protocol":</emphasis> |
| The protocol used to fetch the files. |
| The default is "git" when a hostname is set. |
| If a hostname is not set, the Git protocol is "file". |
| You can also use "http", "https", "ssh" and "rsync". |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>"nocheckout":</emphasis> |
| Tells the fetcher to not checkout source code when |
| unpacking when set to "1". |
| Set this option for the URL where there is a custom |
| routine to checkout code. |
| The default is "0". |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>"rebaseable":</emphasis> |
| Indicates that the upstream Git repository can be rebased. |
| You should set this parameter to "1" if |
| revisions can become detached from branches. |
| In this case, the source mirror tarball is done per |
| revision, which has a loss of efficiency. |
| Rebasing the upstream Git repository could cause the |
| current revision to disappear from the upstream repository. |
| This option reminds the fetcher to preserve the local cache |
| carefully for future use. |
| The default value for this parameter is "0". |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>"nobranch":</emphasis> |
| Tells the fetcher to not check the SHA validation |
| for the branch when set to "1". |
| The default is "0". |
| Set this option for the recipe that refers to |
| the commit that is valid for a tag instead of |
| the branch. |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>"bareclone":</emphasis> |
| Tells the fetcher to clone a bare clone into the |
| destination directory without checking out a working tree. |
| Only the raw Git metadata is provided. |
| This parameter implies the "nocheckout" parameter as well. |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>"branch":</emphasis> |
| The branch(es) of the Git tree to clone. |
| If unset, this is assumed to be "master". |
| The number of branch parameters much match the number of |
| name parameters. |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>"rev":</emphasis> |
| The revision to use for the checkout. |
| The default is "master". |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>"tag":</emphasis> |
| Specifies a tag to use for the checkout. |
| To correctly resolve tags, BitBake must access the |
| network. |
| For that reason, tags are often not used. |
| As far as Git is concerned, the "tag" parameter behaves |
| effectively the same as the "rev" parameter. |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>"subpath":</emphasis> |
| Limits the checkout to a specific subpath of the tree. |
| By default, the whole tree is checked out. |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis>"destsuffix":</emphasis> |
| The name of the path in which to place the checkout. |
| By default, the path is <filename>git/</filename>. |
| </para></listitem> |
| </itemizedlist> |
| Here are some example URLs: |
| <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
| SRC_URI = "git://git.oe.handhelds.org/git/vip.git;tag=version-1" |
| SRC_URI = "git://git.oe.handhelds.org/git/vip.git;protocol=http" |
| </literallayout> |
| </para> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section id='gitsm-fetcher'> |
| <title>Git Submodule Fetcher (<filename>gitsm://</filename>)</title> |
| |
| <para> |
| This fetcher submodule inherits from the |
| <link linkend='git-fetcher'>Git fetcher</link> and extends |
| that fetcher's behavior by fetching a repository's submodules. |
| <link linkend='var-SRC_URI'><filename>SRC_URI</filename></link> |
| is passed to the Git fetcher as described in the |
| "<link linkend='git-fetcher'>Git Fetcher (<filename>git://</filename>)</link>" |
| section. |
| <note> |
| <title>Notes and Warnings</title> |
| <para> |
| You must clean a recipe when switching between |
| '<filename>git://</filename>' and |
| '<filename>gitsm://</filename>' URLs. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para> |
| The Git Submodules fetcher is not a complete fetcher |
| implementation. |
| The fetcher has known issues where it does not use the |
| normal source mirroring infrastructure properly. |
| </para> |
| </note> |
| </para> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section id='clearcase-fetcher'> |
| <title>ClearCase Fetcher (<filename>ccrc://</filename>)</title> |
| |
| <para> |
| This fetcher submodule fetches code from a |
| <ulink url='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_ClearCase'>ClearCase</ulink> |
| repository. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para> |
| To use this fetcher, make sure your recipe has proper |
| <link linkend='var-SRC_URI'><filename>SRC_URI</filename></link>, |
| <link linkend='var-SRCREV'><filename>SRCREV</filename></link>, and |
| <link linkend='var-PV'><filename>PV</filename></link> settings. |
| Here is an example: |
| <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
| SRC_URI = "ccrc://cc.example.org/ccrc;vob=/example_vob;module=/example_module" |
| SRCREV = "EXAMPLE_CLEARCASE_TAG" |
| PV = "${@d.getVar("SRCREV", False).replace("/", "+")}" |
| </literallayout> |
| The fetcher uses the <filename>rcleartool</filename> or |
| <filename>cleartool</filename> remote client, depending on |
| which one is available. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para> |
| Following are options for the <filename>SRC_URI</filename> |
| statement: |
| <itemizedlist> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>vob</filename></emphasis>: |
| The name, which must include the |
| prepending "/" character, of the ClearCase VOB. |
| This option is required. |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>module</filename></emphasis>: |
| The module, which must include the |
| prepending "/" character, in the selected VOB. |
| <note> |
| The <filename>module</filename> and <filename>vob</filename> |
| options are combined to create the <filename>load</filename> rule in |
| the view config spec. |
| As an example, consider the <filename>vob</filename> and |
| <filename>module</filename> values from the |
| <filename>SRC_URI</filename> statement at the start of this section. |
| Combining those values results in the following: |
| <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
| load /example_vob/example_module |
| </literallayout> |
| </note> |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>proto</filename></emphasis>: |
| The protocol, which can be either <filename>http</filename> or |
| <filename>https</filename>. |
| </para></listitem> |
| </itemizedlist> |
| </para> |
| |
| <para> |
| By default, the fetcher creates a configuration specification. |
| If you want this specification written to an area other than the default, |
| use the <filename>CCASE_CUSTOM_CONFIG_SPEC</filename> variable |
| in your recipe to define where the specification is written. |
| <note> |
| the <filename>SRCREV</filename> loses its functionality if you |
| specify this variable. |
| However, <filename>SRCREV</filename> is still used to label the |
| archive after a fetch even though it does not define what is |
| fetched. |
| </note> |
| </para> |
| |
| <para> |
| Here are a couple of other behaviors worth mentioning: |
| <itemizedlist> |
| <listitem><para> |
| When using <filename>cleartool</filename>, the login of |
| <filename>cleartool</filename> is handled by the system. |
| The login require no special steps. |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para> |
| In order to use <filename>rcleartool</filename> with authenticated |
| users, an "rcleartool login" is necessary before using the fetcher. |
| </para></listitem> |
| </itemizedlist> |
| </para> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section id='other-fetchers'> |
| <title>Other Fetchers</title> |
| |
| <para> |
| Fetch submodules also exist for the following: |
| <itemizedlist> |
| <listitem><para> |
| Bazaar (<filename>bzr://</filename>) |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para> |
| Perforce (<filename>p4://</filename>) |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para> |
| Trees using Git Annex (<filename>gitannex://</filename>) |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para> |
| Secure FTP (<filename>sftp://</filename>) |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para> |
| Secure Shell (<filename>ssh://</filename>) |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para> |
| Repo (<filename>repo://</filename>) |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para> |
| OSC (<filename>osc://</filename>) |
| </para></listitem> |
| <listitem><para> |
| Mercurial (<filename>hg://</filename>) |
| </para></listitem> |
| </itemizedlist> |
| No documentation currently exists for these lesser used |
| fetcher submodules. |
| However, you might find the code helpful and readable. |
| </para> |
| </section> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section id='auto-revisions'> |
| <title>Auto Revisions</title> |
| |
| <para> |
| We need to document <filename>AUTOREV</filename> and |
| <filename>SRCREV_FORMAT</filename> here. |
| </para> |
| </section> |
| </chapter> |