14670 2021-12-21 09:57:04 +0000 Promoting a Function to a Task: example is wrong 2025-04-11 08:39:23 +0000 1 1 9 Documentation BitBake User Manual bitbake-manual 4.1 x86 Multiple RESOLVED FIXED Medium+ normal 5.2 M4 1 pokylinux antonin.godard randy.macleod tim.orling --- --- Yes (doc changes required) oldest_to_newest 92200 0 pokylinux 2021-12-21 09:57:04 +0000 https://docs.yoctoproject.org/bitbake/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.html#promoting-a-function-to-a-task Bitbake does not like this python task - we should at least try to show valid examples ;) python do_printdate () { import time print time.strftime('%Y%m%d', time.gmtime()) } addtask printdate after do_fetch before do_build Not sure what exactly we'll try to show here but maybe it is more like this: python do_printdate () { - import time - print time.strftime('%Y%m%d', time.gmtime()) + import datetime + bb.plain('Date: %s' % (datetime.date.today())) } addtask printdate after do_fetch before do_build With bb.plain it shows up in the cooker shell and not just in some log file like with print. This would of course need additional explanations. In case we would like to show even more maybe something like this, or a subset of it: # this is a python task: python do_printdate () { import datetime # goes to cooker shell: bb.warn('py: --> S: %s <--' % (d.getVar("S", True))) bb.plain('py: Date: %s' % (datetime.date.today())) # goes to log: print(datetime.datetime.now()) print(datetime.date.today()) # goes to cooker shell: bb.plain("py: Check the logs!") bb.plain('py: this log file: %s/log.do_printdate' % (d.getVar("T", True))) } addtask do_printdate after do_compile before do_install Please advise how the example should look like. 99998 1 randy.macleod 2024-10-24 15:03:56 +0000 Bulk move of 5.1 M4 to 5.2 M2 as approved by AlexB. 101627 2 antonin.godard 2025-04-11 08:39:23 +0000 Fixed with commit https://git.openembedded.org/bitbake/commit/?id=874c607f475f3d60677d2720b80a28d0c2e963c6. Moving to Resolved Fixed.