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Setup tool for bitbake based projects
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KAS overwrite PATH environment variable when entering Yocto envrionment #95

Closed natlor closed 7 months ago

natlor commented 1 year ago

Hi, I noticed libkas.py is overwriting PATH environment when calling source oe-init-build-env/isar-init-build-env. Is there any reason to change PATH instead of using the user PATH?

I am using an HOSTTOOLS installed by pip in /usr/local/bin but Yocto cannot resolve the HOSTTOOLS location as PATH doesn't contain anymore /usr/local/bin. So, I had to patch libkas.py to give env=None to run_cmd().

jan-kiszka commented 1 year ago

Reproducibility of the setup: the goal of kas is that everyone with the config in hands, the kas tool installed and either all official deps installed or using the kas container is able to build things as well.

There is currently a proposal under discussion to address the buildtools use case (https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/kas-devel/20230220122607.1504653-1-alexandre.belloni%40bootlin.com).

jan-kiszka commented 7 months ago

That feature was never completed, and this request had no follow-up. Feel free to reopen or follow up on the mailing list if there is still a need.

baum-primes commented 4 days ago

@jan-kiszka I have exactly the same problem as @natlor: The layer meta-spdxscanner adds tools to HOSTTOOLS that are not available as system packages, but installed in /usr/local/bin in my case (but I could put them anywhere). I'd like to discuss possible solutions. How do you propose to continue? Reopen this request (I don't have rights to do so), add a new one, or discuss on the mailing list?

jan-kiszka commented 3 days ago

It is probably best to start a new discussion as we should focus on how to enable a manageable and reproducible support for HOSTTOOLS. Discussions usually take place on the mailing list, but issues can help to pin a topic.