10400 2016-10-07 22:32:45 +0000 Explaining what datastore funcs. do when a variable does not exist 2016-10-11 13:54:48 +0000 1 1 9 Documentation BitBake User Manual bitbake-manual 2.2 x86 Multiple RESOLVED FIXED 11 Oct 2016: RESOLVED Undecided normal 2.3 M1 1 ulfalizer srifenbark kergoth richard.purdie ross.burton srifenbark --- --- Done (doc changes complete) oldest_to_newest 67071 0 ulfalizer 2016-10-07 22:32:45 +0000 Explaining what datastore funcs. do when a variable does not exist Hello Scott, Here's some suggested additions to '3.11.1. Functions for Accessing Datastore Variables' to explain what happens when the variable does not exist: * Add this to the d.getVar() description: Returns None if the variable "X" does not exist. * Add this to the d.appendVar() description: Acts like d.setVar("X", "value") if the variable "X" does not exist. * Add this to the d.prependVar() description (same as above): Acts like d.setVar("X", "value") if the variable "X" does not exist. * Add this to the d.delVar() description: Does nothing if the variable "X" does not exist. * Add this to the d.renameVar() description: Does nothing if the variable "X" does not exist. * Add this to the d.getVarFlag() description: Returns None if either the variable "X" or the named flag does not exist. * Add this to the d.appendVarFlag() description: Acts like d.setVarFlag("X", flag, "value") if the named flag does not exist. * Add this to the d.prependVarFlag() description (same as above): Acts like d.setVarFlag("X", flag, "value") if the named flag does not exist. * Add this to the d.getVarFlags() description: Returns None if the variable "X" does not exist. * Add this to the d.delVarFlags() description: Does nothing if the variable "X" does not exist. * Add this to the d.expand() description: References to variables that do not exist are left as is. For example, d.expand("foo ${X}") expands to the literal string "foo ${X}" if the variable "X" does not exist. Cheers, Ulf 67098 1 srifenbark 2016-10-10 18:50:39 +0000 Ulf, See http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.2/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual.html#functions-for-accessing-datastore-variables for the additions. Thanks, Scott 67114 2 ulfalizer 2016-10-11 00:46:17 +0000 Looks good to me. Thanks, Ulf 67137 3 srifenbark 2016-10-11 13:54:48 +0000 Thanks, Setting to RESOLVED and putting the doc flag to "done." Scott