Re: [yocto] Bitbake fetch does not re-fetch from network if gitrepo is found in DL_DIR

On Fri, 5 Dec 2025 at 16:46, Gyorgy Sarvari via lists.yoctoproject.org
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I have been thinking about this, and also tried to reproduce it,
> unsuccessfully...
>
> If fetch is deemed successful, it is stored in the shared state cache,
> and then it is not repeated until the relevant signature changes - I
> think this is the metadata reference you found.
> However as long as the download folder's content is only modified by one
> project only, it supposed keep track of it fine.
>
> One question about the DL_DIR: is it possible that it is shared between
> multiple projects, while keeping separate shared state cache? Or that
> the DL_DIR's content modified manually?
> The shared state cache supposed to keep track of what is downloaded by
> bitbake and what is not, but if the DL_DIR's content is changed without
> bitbake (or by a separate bitbake), that can break the shared state, and
> cause such issues.

This is not correct. Shared state does not track what is downloaded.
It is also fine to share DL_DIR between multiple builds and projects.

Alex