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

On Wed Jun 10, 2026 at 2:59 PM CEST, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 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 being deleted and unpacked again (e.g. because the cache is outdated via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.

Ah perfect then.

Antonin