Re: [docs] [PATCH] dev-manual: add command to force a recipe re-compile

On Wed, 10 Jun 2026 at 11:24, Quentin Schulz <[email protected]> wrote:
> Do not modify a recipe's unpacked source code, it's the best way to have
> your changes lost. There are non-negligible chances that it'll end up
> being deleted and unpacked again (e.g. because the cache is outdated via
> its dependencies or the recipe parsing resulted in a rebuild of the recipe).
>
> Using -f also taints the build and you need to clean the sstate-cache
> for this recipe to recover from it last time I checked, which is
> something we don't like recommending to people (if you need to clean the
> sstate-cache, either something's wrong with your recipe or there's a bug
> we need to fix), so I don't think documenting this enormous footgun is a
> good thing.

I agree, I'd rather not mention it at all, and point people directly to devtool.

Alex