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

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I know, I know - customer request! Need to fix something in an older
project (nothing else should be changed) - but didn't managed these
patch to meta-xxx so far. I just want to improve that.

- Steve

On 6/17/24 15:27, Alexander Kanavin via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
> Yocto 3.0 is ancient and isn't supported. Is there a reason you can't
> migrate to scarthgap?
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> Alex
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> On Mon, 17 Jun 2024 at 15:24, Steve via lists.yoctoproject.org
> <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> 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
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>> 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:
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>>>> 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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