Experimentation with a subcommand-based bitbake UI (initially just inspection tools)
Run bin/bb init for installation instructions.
See the Todo list.
bb <command> [<args>]
Some useful bb commands are:
commands List all bb commands
contents Show package contents
edit Edit bitbake recipes, included files, and bbappends
list List available recipes / provides
log Show bitbake logs
search Search for bitbake recipes or packages
search-packages Search for bitbake packages
search-recipes Search for bitbake recipes
shell Enter an interactive mode shell (repl)
show Show bitbake metadata (global or recipe)
whatdepends Show what depends on the specified target
bb contents [-h] recipe
positional arguments:
recipe recipe name
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
bb edit [-h] [-e EDITOR] [-p] [-r] targets [targets ...]
positional arguments:
targets targets to edit
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-e EDITOR, --editor EDITOR
specify the editor to run (default: $VISUAL or $EDITOR
or vi)
-p, --prompt rather than opening all the files at once, prompt the
user
-r, --just-recipes only edit recipes and appends, not included files
bb list [-h] [-S SCOPE]
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-S SCOPE, --scope SCOPE
specify a target scope (rather than all recipes. ex.
-S core-image-base)
bb log [-h] [recipe] [task]
positional arguments:
recipe recipe name
task task name
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
bb search [-h] [-i] [-S SCOPE] [-s | -e | -r | -w] pattern
positional arguments:
pattern pattern to search for
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-i, --ignore-case perform a case insensistive search
-S SCOPE, --scope SCOPE
specify a target scope (rather than all recipes. ex.
-S core-image-base)
-s, --substring perform a substring search (default)
-e, --exact look for an exact string match
-r, --regex perform a regex search
-w, --wildcard perform a glob/wildcard search
bb show [-h] [-d] [-f] [-r RECIPE] [variables [variables ...]]
positional arguments:
variables variables to show (default: all variables)
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-d, --dependencies also show functions the vars depend on
-f, --flags also show flags
-r RECIPE, --recipe RECIPE
operate against this recipe
bb-whatdepends [-h] [-r] [-B | -R] target [recipes [recipes ...]]
positional arguments:
target
recipes recipes to check for dependencies on target (default:
universe)
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-r, --recursive operate recursively, with indent reflecting depth
-B, --build-time-only
show build-time dependencies only
-R, --run-time-only show run-time dependencies only$ bb contents bash
bash
/bin/bash
/usr/bin/bashbug
bash-dbg
/bin/.debug/bash
/usr/src/debug/bash/4.2-r6/bash-4.2/alias.c
/usr/src/debug/bash/4.2-r6/bash-4.2/alias.h
/usr/src/debug/bash/4.2-r6/bash-4.2/array.c
/usr/src/debug/bash/4.2-r6/bash-4.2/array.h
[.. output snipped ..]
/usr/src/debug/bash/4.2-r6/bash-4.2/support/signames.c
bash-dev
bash-doc
/usr/share/doc/bash.html
/usr/share/doc/bashref.html
/usr/share/info/bash.info
/usr/share/man/man1/bash.1
/usr/share/man/man1/bashbug.1
bash-locale
bash-staticdev
$ bb edit busybox
Parsing recipes..done.
NOTE: Editing these files:
/scratch/mel7/bb/poky/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_1.20.2.bb
/scratch/mel7/bb/poky/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc
/scratch/mel7/bb/meta-oe/meta-oe/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_1.20.2.bbappend
/scratch/mel7/bb/poky/meta-yocto/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_1.20.2.bbappend
/scratch/mel7/bb/meta-mentor/recipes/busybox/busybox_1.20.2.bbappend
# vim spawned here
5 files to edit
$ bb list -S pseudo-native
util-linux-native
libtool-native
gettext-minimal-native
lzo-native
m4-native
sqlite3-native
zlib-native
ncurses-native
automake-native
pseudo-native
virtual/fakeroot-native
quilt-native
autoconf-native
gnu-config-native
pkgconfig-native
$ bb search bash
bash
glib-2.0:
Packages:
glib-2.0-bash-completion
nativesdk-glib-2.0:
Packages:
nativesdk-glib-2.0-bash-completion
nativesdk-bash
dbus-glib:
Packages:
dbus-glib-bash-completion
$ bb show DISTRO MACHINE TUNE_ARCH TUNE_FEATURES
# DISTRO="mel"
# MACHINE="p4080ds"
# TUNE_ARCH="${@bb.utils.contains("TUNE_FEATURES", "m32", "powerpc", "", d)}"
TUNE_ARCH="powerpc"
# TUNE_FEATURES="${TUNE_FEATURES_tune-${DEFAULTTUNE}}"
TUNE_FEATURES="m32 fpu-hard ppce500mc"
$ bb show -d -f COPYLEFT_RECIPE_TYPE
# COPYLEFT_RECIPE_TYPE="${@copyleft_recipe_type(d)}"
COPYLEFT_RECIPE_TYPE="target"
COPYLEFT_RECIPE_TYPE[doc]="The "type" of the current recipe (e.g. target, native, cross)"
def copyleft_recipe_type(d):
for recipe_type in oe.data.typed_value('COPYLEFT_AVAILABLE_RECIPE_TYPES', d):
if oe.utils.inherits(d, recipe_type):
return recipe_type
return 'target'
$ bb show -r virtual/kernel PROVIDES
Parsing recipes..done.
PROVIDES="linux-qoriq-sdk-3.0.34 linux-qoriq-sdk-3.0.34-r9b linux-qoriq-sdk virtual/kernel"
# Determine what pulls ncurses into a build of core-image-minimal
$ bb whatdepends -B ncurses core-image-minimal
Parsing recipes..done.
Preparing task data...done
readline
util-linux
dpkg
bash
slang
attr
$ bb whatdepends -r -B ncurses core-image-minimal
Parsing recipes..done.
Preparing task data...done
readline
systemd
dbus
gawk
util-linux
systemd..
e2fsprogs
dpkg
bash
slang
libnewt
chkconfig
attr
acl
systemd..
libcap
systemd..