5227 2013-09-18 10:13:12 +0000 [webhob-poky/master] in 'variables' API, the 'file' field returns no data 2013-11-18 17:56:24 +0000 1 1 7 Build System, Metadata & Runtime Toaster toaster 1.5 All Multiple VERIFIED FIXED bitbake, toasterui Medium normal 1.6 M1 1 belen.barros.pena alexandru.damian alexandru.damian belen.barros.pena bluelightning jessica.zhang richard.purdie --- --- No (bug/feature does not impact docs) oldest_to_newest 36853 0 belen.barros.pena 2013-09-18 10:13:12 +0000 We should aim to provide this information on the first release. We agreed it would be the path to the last file touching the variable. 37249 1 alexandru.damian 2013-09-26 14:15:53 +0000 Bitbake does not record locations where the variables are changed. Fixing this would require an important change in Bitbake, which could severely impact the performance; setVar needs to record the backtrace of where it is called and save it in a var flag. Propose delay for 1.5.X 37491 2 belen.barros.pena 2013-10-02 15:09:47 +0000 moved to 1.5.1 37809 3 alexandru.damian 2013-10-10 14:07:38 +0000 I would propose modifying bitbake to keep track in a variable flag the current file:line of code where a variable is modified. Opinions ? 37811 4 bluelightning 2013-10-10 14:28:35 +0000 When history tracking is turned on it definitely does record this information. You can see it in the bitbake -e output. 37816 5 alexandru.damian 2013-10-10 14:58:38 +0000 I got this info on bitbake -e. # # $B_pn-xcb-util-image # [no history recorded] # # "${SEPB}" B_pn-xcb-util-image="/home/ddalex/ssd/yocto/build/tmp/work/x86_64-poky-linux/bblayers/1.0-r0/build" # # $localstatedir # [no history recorded] # # "${base_prefix}/var" export localstatedir="/var" Am I doing something wrong ? 37820 6 bluelightning 2013-10-10 15:11:49 +0000 Something is going wrong there because my equivalent here is: # # $B_pn-xcb-util-image # set /home/paul/poky/poky/meta/conf/distro/include/seperatebuilddir.inc:706 # "${SEPB}" B_pn-xcb-util-image="/home/paul/poky/poky/build/tmp/work/i586-poky-linux/bblayers/1.0-r0/build" # # $localstatedir [2 operations] # exported conf/bitbake.conf:31 # [export] "1" # set conf/bitbake.conf:31 # "${base_prefix}/var" # computed: # "${base_prefix}/var" export localstatedir="/var" 38850 7 alexandru.damian 2013-11-18 11:53:59 +0000 Fix merged in origin/master and origin/dora-toaster. The file field is deleted. There is a new table, orm_variablehistory, that tracks all changes for a variable. The REST API page have been modified to document the API change, but the patchset for the API change was not merged yet. 38882 8 belen.barros.pena 2013-11-18 17:56:24 +0000 Verified in master:b0281b3a190dec6502b4abc6a5b14ae46243f913 dora-toaster:1182665de0da9a6e5fc77107f32a7fc1515029d0