| .. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-2.0-UK |
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| Release 1.3 (danny) |
| =================== |
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| This section provides migration information for moving to the Yocto |
| Project 1.3 Release (codename "danny") from the prior release. |
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| .. _1.3-local-configuration: |
| |
| Local Configuration |
| ------------------- |
| |
| Differences include changes for |
| :term:`SSTATE_MIRRORS` and ``bblayers.conf``. |
| |
| .. _migration-1.3-sstate-mirrors: |
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| SSTATE_MIRRORS |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| The shared state cache (sstate-cache), as pointed to by |
| :term:`SSTATE_DIR`, by default now has two-character |
| subdirectories to prevent issues arising from too many files in the same |
| directory. Also, native sstate-cache packages, which are built to run on |
| the host system, will go into a subdirectory named using the distro ID |
| string. If you copy the newly structured sstate-cache to a mirror |
| location (either local or remote) and then point to it in |
| :term:`SSTATE_MIRRORS`, you need to append "PATH" |
| to the end of the mirror URL so that the path used by BitBake before the |
| mirror substitution is appended to the path used to access the mirror. |
| Here is an example:: |
| |
| SSTATE_MIRRORS = "file://.* http://someserver.tld/share/sstate/PATH" |
| |
| .. _migration-1.3-bblayers-conf: |
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| bblayers.conf |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| The ``meta-yocto`` layer consists of two parts that correspond to the |
| Poky reference distribution and the reference hardware Board Support |
| Packages (BSPs), respectively: ``meta-yocto`` and ``meta-yocto-bsp``. |
| When running BitBake for the first time after upgrading, your |
| ``conf/bblayers.conf`` file will be updated to handle this change and |
| you will be asked to re-run or restart for the changes to take effect. |
| |
| .. _1.3-recipes: |
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| Recipes |
| ------- |
| |
| Differences include changes for the following: |
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| .. _migration-1.3-python-function-whitespace: |
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| Python Function Whitespace |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| All Python functions must now use four spaces for indentation. |
| Previously, an inconsistent mix of spaces and tabs existed, which made |
| extending these functions using ``_append`` or ``_prepend`` complicated |
| given that Python treats whitespace as syntactically significant. If you |
| are defining or extending any Python functions (e.g. |
| ``populate_packages``, ``do_unpack``, ``do_patch`` and so forth) in |
| custom recipes or classes, you need to ensure you are using consistent |
| four-space indentation. |
| |
| .. _migration-1.3-proto=-in-src-uri: |
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| proto= in SRC_URI |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| Any use of ``proto=`` in :term:`SRC_URI` needs to be |
| changed to ``protocol=``. In particular, this applies to the following |
| URIs: |
| |
| - ``svn://`` |
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| - ``bzr://`` |
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| - ``hg://`` |
| |
| - ``osc://`` |
| |
| Other URIs were already using ``protocol=``. This change improves |
| consistency. |
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| .. _migration-1.3-nativesdk: |
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| nativesdk |
| ~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| The suffix ``nativesdk`` is now implemented as a prefix, which |
| simplifies a lot of the packaging code for ``nativesdk`` recipes. All |
| custom ``nativesdk`` recipes, which are relocatable packages that are |
| native to :term:`SDK_ARCH`, and any references need to |
| be updated to use ``nativesdk-*`` instead of ``*-nativesdk``. |
| |
| .. _migration-1.3-task-recipes: |
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| Task Recipes |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| "Task" recipes are now known as "Package groups" and have been renamed |
| from ``task-*.bb`` to ``packagegroup-*.bb``. Existing references to the |
| previous ``task-*`` names should work in most cases as there is an |
| automatic upgrade path for most packages. However, you should update |
| references in your own recipes and configurations as they could be |
| removed in future releases. You should also rename any custom ``task-*`` |
| recipes to ``packagegroup-*``, and change them to inherit |
| ``packagegroup`` instead of ``task``, as well as taking the opportunity |
| to remove anything now handled by :ref:`ref-classes-packagegroup`, such as |
| providing ``-dev`` and ``-dbg`` packages, setting |
| :term:`LIC_FILES_CHKSUM`, and so forth. See the |
| :ref:`ref-classes-packagegroup` section for |
| further details. |
| |
| .. _migration-1.3-image-features: |
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| IMAGE_FEATURES |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| Image recipes that previously included ``apps-console-core`` in |
| :term:`IMAGE_FEATURES` should now include ``splash`` |
| instead to enable the boot-up splash screen. Retaining |
| ``apps-console-core`` will still include the splash screen but generates a |
| warning. The ``apps-x11-core`` and ``apps-x11-games`` :term:`IMAGE_FEATURES` |
| features have been removed. |
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| .. _migration-1.3-removed-recipes: |
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| Removed Recipes |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| The following recipes have been removed. For most of them, it is |
| unlikely that you would have any references to them in your own |
| :term:`Metadata`. However, you should check your metadata |
| against this list to be sure: |
| |
| - ``libx11-trim``: Replaced by ``libx11``, which has a negligible |
| size difference with modern Xorg. |
| |
| - ``xserver-xorg-lite``: Use ``xserver-xorg``, which has a negligible |
| size difference when DRI and GLX modules are not installed. |
| |
| - ``xserver-kdrive``: Effectively unmaintained for many years. |
| |
| - ``mesa-xlib``: No longer serves any purpose. |
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| - ``galago``: Replaced by telepathy. |
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| - ``gail``: Functionality was integrated into GTK+ 2.13. |
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| - ``eggdbus``: No longer needed. |
| |
| - ``gcc-*-intermediate``: The build has been restructured to avoid |
| the need for this step. |
| |
| - ``libgsmd``: Unmaintained for many years. Functionality now |
| provided by ``ofono`` instead. |
| |
| - *contacts, dates, tasks, eds-tools*: Largely unmaintained PIM |
| application suite. It has been moved to ``meta-gnome`` in |
| ``meta-openembedded``. |
| |
| In addition to the previously listed changes, the ``meta-demoapps`` |
| directory has also been removed because the recipes in it were not being |
| maintained and many had become obsolete or broken. Additionally, these |
| recipes were not parsed in the default configuration. Many of these |
| recipes are already provided in an updated and maintained form within |
| the OpenEmbedded community layers such as ``meta-oe`` and |
| ``meta-gnome``. For the remainder, you can now find them in the |
| ``meta-extras`` repository, which is in the |
| :yocto_git:`Source Repositories <>` at |
| :yocto_git:`/meta-extras/`. |
| |
| .. _1.3-linux-kernel-naming: |
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| Linux Kernel Naming |
| ------------------- |
| |
| The naming scheme for kernel output binaries has been changed to now |
| include :term:`PE` as part of the filename:: |
| |
| KERNEL_IMAGE_BASE_NAME ?= "${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}-${PE}-${PV}-${PR}-${MACHINE}-${DATETIME}" |
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| Because the :term:`PE` variable is not set by default, these binary files |
| could result with names that include two dash characters. Here is an |
| example:: |
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| bzImage--3.10.9+git0+cd502a8814_7144bcc4b8-r0-qemux86-64-20130830085431.bin |
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