Re: [poky] apply a patch to a complete meta-xxx - before using it (in kas)?

Yocto 3.0 is ancient and isn't supported. Is there a reason you can't
migrate to scarthgap?

Alex

On Mon, 17 Jun 2024 at 15:24, Steve via lists.yoctoproject.org
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> That is something I can do, sure. Thanks for hint, Alex.
> But in fact it's the other way around, the repo I refer to is newer, and
> I need that in an older Yocto3.0 build.
> So just in case someone knows how this works. But yes - forking a layer
> is possible too, but far massive than apply a slim patch.
>
> - Steve
>
> On 6/17/24 15:16, Alexander Kanavin via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
> > I'd suggest you fork the layer into a private repo and add the needed
> > changes on top as proper commits. Given that the layer doesn't have
> > the new syntax, it's almost certainly abandoned, and you won't lose
> > any changes because they will never happen.
> >
> > Alex
> >
> > On Mon, 17 Jun 2024 at 15:13, Steve via lists.yoctoproject.org
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> I need a version of a meta-xxx repo that has new syntax ":" instead of
> >> "_". Some other minor things have to be changed too (as compatibility
> >> string)
> >>
> >> I check that meta-xxx out by help of kas tool.
> >> Do I have a chance to apply a patch right there once the meta-xxx has
> >> been cloned? The kas docu confuses me a lot.
> >> Guess I can't do it in Yocto, as my first bitbake command it will
> >> complain about the syntax, so I can't "repair" that inside yocto.
> >> Or am I wrong?
> >>
> >> Best regards
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
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