recipetool create
automates creation
of a base recipe given a set of source code files.
As long as you can extract or point to the source files,
the tool will construct a recipe and automatically
configure all pre-build information into the recipe.
For example, suppose you have an application that builds
using Autotools.
Creating the base recipe using
recipetool
results in a recipe
that has the pre-build dependencies, license requirements,
and checksums configured.
To run the tool, you just need to be in your
Build Directory
and have sourced the build environment setup script
(i.e.
oe-init-build-env
).
To get help on the tool, use the following command:
$ recipetool -h NOTE: Starting bitbake server... usage: recipetool [-d] [-q] [--color COLOR] [-h] <subcommand> ... OpenEmbedded recipe tool options: -d, --debug Enable debug output -q, --quiet Print only errors --color COLOR Colorize output (where COLOR is auto, always, never) -h, --help show this help message and exit subcommands: create Create a new recipe newappend Create a bbappend for the specified target in the specified layer setvar Set a variable within a recipe appendfile Create/update a bbappend to replace a target file appendsrcfiles Create/update a bbappend to add or replace source files appendsrcfile Create/update a bbappend to add or replace a source file Use recipetool <subcommand> --help to get help on a specific command
Running
recipetool create -o
OUTFILE
creates the base recipe and locates it properly in the
layer that contains your source files.
Following are some syntax examples:
Use this syntax to generate a recipe based on
source
.
Once generated, the recipe resides in the existing source
code layer:
recipetool create -oOUTFILE
source
Use this syntax to generate a recipe using code that you
extract from source
.
The extracted code is placed in its own layer defined
by EXTERNALSRC
.
recipetool create -oOUTFILE
-xEXTERNALSRC
source
Use this syntax to generate a recipe based on
source
.
The options direct recipetool
to
generate debugging information.
Once generated, the recipe resides in the existing source
code layer:
recipetool create -d -oOUTFILE
source