bitbake: bitbake-user-manual: update Hello World example

Fix broken link "Obtaining bitbake".
Update documentation for the bitbake hello world example, the output was
outdated.
Fix LAYERSERIES_COMPAT warning by adding dunfell as default compatible release.
Add proper formating for base.bbclass command.

Reviewed-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
Reviewed-by: Ever ATILANO <ever.atilano@smile.fr>
Reviewed-by: Yoann CONGAL <yoann.congal@smile.fr>
(Bitbake rev: e859ce61a7422425960342a47785468cef49caa1)

Signed-off-by: Fawzi KHABER <fawzi.khaber@smile.fr>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Fawzi KHABER 2023-03-02 17:14:31 +01:00 committed by Richard Purdie
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@ -18,28 +18,32 @@ it.
Obtaining BitBake
=================
See the :ref:`bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-hello:obtaining bitbake` section for
See the :ref:`bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro:obtaining bitbake` section for
information on how to obtain BitBake. Once you have the source code on
your machine, the BitBake directory appears as follows::
$ ls -al
total 100
drwxrwxr-x. 9 wmat wmat 4096 Jan 31 13:44 .
drwxrwxr-x. 3 wmat wmat 4096 Feb 4 10:45 ..
-rw-rw-r--. 1 wmat wmat 365 Nov 26 04:55 AUTHORS
drwxrwxr-x. 2 wmat wmat 4096 Nov 26 04:55 bin
drwxrwxr-x. 4 wmat wmat 4096 Jan 31 13:44 build
-rw-rw-r--. 1 wmat wmat 16501 Nov 26 04:55 ChangeLog
drwxrwxr-x. 2 wmat wmat 4096 Nov 26 04:55 classes
drwxrwxr-x. 2 wmat wmat 4096 Nov 26 04:55 conf
drwxrwxr-x. 3 wmat wmat 4096 Nov 26 04:55 contrib
-rw-rw-r--. 1 wmat wmat 17987 Nov 26 04:55 COPYING
drwxrwxr-x. 3 wmat wmat 4096 Nov 26 04:55 doc
-rw-rw-r--. 1 wmat wmat 69 Nov 26 04:55 .gitignore
-rw-rw-r--. 1 wmat wmat 849 Nov 26 04:55 HEADER
drwxrwxr-x. 5 wmat wmat 4096 Jan 31 13:44 lib
-rw-rw-r--. 1 wmat wmat 195 Nov 26 04:55 MANIFEST.in
-rw-rw-r--. 1 wmat wmat 2887 Nov 26 04:55 TODO
total 108
drwxr-xr-x 9 fawkh 10000 4096 feb 24 12:10 .
drwx------ 36 fawkh 10000 4096 mar 2 17:00 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 fawkh 10000 365 feb 24 12:10 AUTHORS
drwxr-xr-x 2 fawkh 10000 4096 feb 24 12:10 bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 fawkh 10000 16501 feb 24 12:10 ChangeLog
drwxr-xr-x 2 fawkh 10000 4096 feb 24 12:10 classes
drwxr-xr-x 2 fawkh 10000 4096 feb 24 12:10 conf
drwxr-xr-x 5 fawkh 10000 4096 feb 24 12:10 contrib
drwxr-xr-x 6 fawkh 10000 4096 feb 24 12:10 doc
drwxr-xr-x 8 fawkh 10000 4096 mar 2 16:26 .git
-rw-r--r-- 1 fawkh 10000 31 feb 24 12:10 .gitattributes
-rw-r--r-- 1 fawkh 10000 392 feb 24 12:10 .gitignore
drwxr-xr-x 13 fawkh 10000 4096 feb 24 12:11 lib
-rw-r--r-- 1 fawkh 10000 1224 feb 24 12:10 LICENSE
-rw-r--r-- 1 fawkh 10000 15394 feb 24 12:10 LICENSE.GPL-2.0-only
-rw-r--r-- 1 fawkh 10000 1286 feb 24 12:10 LICENSE.MIT
-rw-r--r-- 1 fawkh 10000 229 feb 24 12:10 MANIFEST.in
-rw-r--r-- 1 fawkh 10000 2413 feb 24 12:10 README
-rw-r--r-- 1 fawkh 10000 43 feb 24 12:10 toaster-requirements.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 fawkh 10000 2887 feb 24 12:10 TODO
At this point, you should have BitBake cloned to a directory that
matches the previous listing except for dates and user names.
@ -52,7 +56,7 @@ directory to where your local BitBake files are and run the following
command::
$ ./bin/bitbake --version
BitBake Build Tool Core version 1.23.0, bitbake version 1.23.0
BitBake Build Tool Core version 2.3.1
The console output tells you what version
you are running.
@ -130,23 +134,8 @@ Following is the complete "Hello World" example.
directory. Run the ``bitbake`` command and see what it does::
$ bitbake
The BBPATH variable is not set and bitbake did not
find a conf/bblayers.conf file in the expected location.
ERROR: The BBPATH variable is not set and bitbake did not find a conf/bblayers.conf file in the expected location.
Maybe you accidentally invoked bitbake from the wrong directory?
DEBUG: Removed the following variables from the environment:
GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID, XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP,
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL, DISPLAY, SSH_AGENT_PID, LANG, no_proxy,
XDG_SESSION_PATH, XAUTHORITY, SESSION_MANAGER, SHLVL,
MANDATORY_PATH, COMPIZ_CONFIG_PROFILE, WINDOWID, EDITOR,
GPG_AGENT_INFO, SSH_AUTH_SOCK, GDMSESSION, GNOME_KEYRING_PID,
XDG_SEAT_PATH, XDG_CONFIG_DIRS, LESSOPEN, DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS,
_, XDG_SESSION_COOKIE, DESKTOP_SESSION, LESSCLOSE, DEFAULTS_PATH,
UBUNTU_MENUPROXY, OLDPWD, XDG_DATA_DIRS, COLORTERM, LS_COLORS
The majority of this output is specific to environment variables that
are not directly relevant to BitBake. However, the very first
message regarding the :term:`BBPATH` variable and the
``conf/bblayers.conf`` file is relevant.
When you run BitBake, it begins looking for metadata files. The
:term:`BBPATH` variable is what tells BitBake where
@ -179,20 +168,14 @@ Following is the complete "Hello World" example.
``bitbake`` command again::
$ bitbake
ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/scott-lenovo/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py", line 163, in wrapped
return func(fn, *args)
File "/home/scott-lenovo/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py", line 173, in parse_config_file
return bb.parse.handle(fn, data, include)
File "/home/scott-lenovo/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/__init__.py", line 99, in handle
return h['handle'](fn, data, include)
File "/home/scott-lenovo/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/parse_py/ConfHandler.py", line 120, in handle
abs_fn = resolve_file(fn, data)
File "/home/scott-lenovo/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/__init__.py", line 117, in resolve_file
raise IOError("file %s not found in %s" % (fn, bbpath))
IOError: file conf/bitbake.conf not found in /home/scott-lenovo/hello
ERROR: Unable to parse /home/scott-lenovo/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/__init__.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/scott-lenovo/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/__init__.py", line 127, in resolve_file(fn='conf/bitbake.conf', d=<bb.data_smart.DataSmart object at 0x7f22919a3df0>):
if not newfn:
> raise IOError(errno.ENOENT, "file %s not found in %s" % (fn, bbpath))
fn = newfn
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] file conf/bitbake.conf not found in <projectdirectory>
ERROR: Unable to parse conf/bitbake.conf: file conf/bitbake.conf not found in /home/scott-lenovo/hello
This sample output shows that BitBake could not find the
``conf/bitbake.conf`` file in the project directory. This file is
@ -254,18 +237,14 @@ Following is the complete "Hello World" example.
exists, you can run the ``bitbake`` command again::
$ bitbake
ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/scott-lenovo/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py", line 163, in wrapped
return func(fn, *args)
File "/home/scott-lenovo/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py", line 177, in _inherit
bb.parse.BBHandler.inherit(bbclass, "configuration INHERITs", 0, data)
File "/home/scott-lenovo/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/parse_py/BBHandler.py", line 92, in inherit
include(fn, file, lineno, d, "inherit")
File "/home/scott-lenovo/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/parse_py/ConfHandler.py", line 100, in include
raise ParseError("Could not %(error_out)s file %(fn)s" % vars(), oldfn, lineno)
ParseError: ParseError in configuration INHERITs: Could not inherit file classes/base.bbclass
ERROR: Unable to parse /home/scott-lenovo/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/parse_py/BBHandler.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/scott-lenovo/bitbake/lib/bb/parse/parse_py/BBHandler.py", line 67, in inherit(files=['base'], fn='configuration INHERITs', lineno=0, d=<bb.data_smart.DataSmart object at 0x7fab6815edf0>):
if not os.path.exists(file):
> raise ParseError("Could not inherit file %s" % (file), fn, lineno)
bb.parse.ParseError: ParseError in configuration INHERITs: Could not inherit file classes/base.bbclass
ERROR: Unable to parse base: ParseError in configuration INHERITs: Could not inherit file classes/base.bbclass
In the sample output,
BitBake could not find the ``classes/base.bbclass`` file. You need
@ -284,7 +263,10 @@ Following is the complete "Hello World" example.
$ mkdir classes
Move to the ``classes`` directory and then create the
``base.bbclass`` file by inserting this single line: addtask build
``base.bbclass`` file by inserting this single line::
addtask build
The minimal task that BitBake runs is the ``do_build`` task. This is
all the example needs in order to build the project. Of course, the
``base.bbclass`` can have much more depending on which build
@ -328,10 +310,19 @@ Following is the complete "Hello World" example.
BBFILES += "${LAYERDIR}/*.bb"
BBFILE_COLLECTIONS += "mylayer"
BBFILE_PATTERN_mylayer := "^${LAYERDIR_RE}/"
LAYERSERIES_CORENAMES = "hello_world_example"
LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_mylayer = "hello_world_example"
For information on these variables, click on :term:`BBFILES`,
:term:`LAYERDIR`, :term:`BBFILE_COLLECTIONS` or :term:`BBFILE_PATTERN_mylayer <BBFILE_PATTERN>`
to go to the definitions in the glossary.
:term:`LAYERDIR`, :term:`BBFILE_COLLECTIONS`, :term:`BBFILE_PATTERN_mylayer <BBFILE_PATTERN>`
or :term:`LAYERSERIES_COMPAT` to go to the definitions in the glossary.
.. note::
We are setting both LAYERSERIES_CORENAMES and LAYERSERIES_COMPAT in this particular case, because we
are using bitbake without OpenEmbedded.
You should usually just use LAYERSERIES_COMPAT to specify the OE-Core versions for which your layer
is compatible, and add the meta-openembedded layer to your project.
You need to create the recipe file next. Inside your layer at the
top-level, use an editor and create a recipe file named
@ -389,12 +380,14 @@ Following is the complete "Hello World" example.
target::
$ bitbake printhello
Loading cache: 100% |
Loaded 0 entries from dependency cache.
Parsing recipes: 100% |##################################################################################|
Time: 00:00:00
Parsing of 1 .bb files complete (0 cached, 1 parsed). 1 targets, 0 skipped, 0 masked, 0 errors.
NOTE: Resolving any missing task queue dependencies
NOTE: Preparing RunQueue
NOTE: Executing RunQueue Tasks
Initialising tasks: 100% |###############################################################################|
NOTE: No setscene tasks
NOTE: Executing Tasks
********************
* *
* Hello, World! *