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

On Wed, 10 Jun 2026, Antonin Godard via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:

> On Wed Jun 10, 2026 at 11:51 AM CEST, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > On Wed, 10 Jun 2026, Alexander Kanavin wrote:
> >
> >> 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 being deleted and unpacked again (e.g. because the cache is outdated via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.
> >
> >   ok, i'll add that but, as i just mentioned, it's there in the quilt
> > section as well.
>
> I think keeping the Quilt document is fine and in this case the
> command makes sense, however, it would be nice to inform users in
> this document that devtool is available and friendlier. Could you
> add this note?

  there is alreaady a note at the top of the quilt section
recommending devtool.

rday