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bitbake: bitbake-user-manual: remove "OEBasic" signature generator

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Removed in BitBake through
https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/commit/?id=3667e589ba16eb261cfd72c2b11429f482c239f6

(Bitbake rev: 50261fe047dfb41c3ce9d91b9b8245ce465d69b3)

Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Michael Opdenacker 2022-12-12 11:51:06 +01:00 committed by Richard Purdie
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@ -552,8 +552,8 @@ through dependency chains are more complex and are generally
accomplished with a Python function. The code in
``meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py`` shows two examples of this and also
illustrates how you can insert your own policy into the system if so
desired. This file defines the two basic signature generators
OpenEmbedded-Core uses: "OEBasic" and "OEBasicHash". By default, there
desired. This file defines the basic signature generator
OpenEmbedded-Core uses: "OEBasicHash". By default, there
is a dummy "noop" signature handler enabled in BitBake. This means that
behavior is unchanged from previous versions. ``OE-Core`` uses the
"OEBasicHash" signature handler by default through this setting in the
@ -561,14 +561,13 @@ behavior is unchanged from previous versions. ``OE-Core`` uses the
BB_SIGNATURE_HANDLER ?= "OEBasicHash"
The "OEBasicHash" :term:`BB_SIGNATURE_HANDLER` is the same as the "OEBasic"
version but adds the task hash to the stamp files. This results in any
metadata change that changes the task hash, automatically causing the
task to be run again. This removes the need to bump
:term:`PR` values, and changes to metadata automatically
ripple across the build.
The main feature of the "OEBasicHash" :term:`BB_SIGNATURE_HANDLER` is that
it adds the task hash to the stamp files. Thanks to this, any metadata
change will change the task hash, automatically causing the task to be run
again. This removes the need to bump :term:`PR` values, and changes to
metadata automatically ripple across the build.
It is also worth noting that the end result of these signature
It is also worth noting that the end result of signature
generators is to make some dependency and hash information available to
the build. This information includes: