Bug 15120

Summary: OVERLAYFS_WRITABLE_PATHS missing as vardeps for create_overlayfs_units
Product: [Build System, Metadata & Runtime] OE-Core Reporter: Christoph Vogtlaender <christoph.vogtlaender>
Component: coreAssignee: Christoph Vogtlaender <christoph.vogtlaender>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: Medium CC: meta.mr.watcher, meta.watcher, poky.bs.watcher, poky.watcher, randy.macleod, ross.burton, simone.p.weiss
Version: 4.0   
Target Milestone: 5.0   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Multiple   
Whiteboard:
OS type for building Yocto: --- Type of Regression: ---
Verified: Documentation change: No (bug/feature does not impact docs)

Description Christoph Vogtlaender 2023-05-11 15:50:06 UTC 
Changing OVERLAYFS_WRITABLE_PATHS in a recipe does not trigger a rebuild of the package.

e.g. given there are the definitions
> OVERLAYFS_MOUNT_POINT[app] = "/app"
> OVERLAYFS_MOUNT_POINT[data] = "/data"
in MACHINE configuration and a recipe which uses
> OVERLAYFS_WRITABLE_PATHS[app] = "/etc/myapp"
changing the overlay to "data"
> OVERLAYFS_WRITABLE_PATHS[data] = "/etc/myapp"
does not trigger a rebuild of the package.

It seems that OVERLAYFS_WRITABLE_PATHS is not considered as a recipe dependency. Adding
> do_create_overlayfs_units[vardeps] += "OVERLAYFS_WRITABLE_PATHS"
to the recipe works around the issue.

It should be considered to add
> do_create_overlayfs_units[vardeps] += "OVERLAYFS_WRITABLE_PATHS"
to meta/classes/overlayfs.bbclass
Comment 1 Randy MacLeod 2023-05-18 14:37:25 UTC 
Makes sense, can you send a patch to the list?
Comment 2 Christoph Vogtlaender 2023-05-19 17:00:40 UTC 
(In reply to Randy MacLeod from comment #1)
> Makes sense, can you send a patch to the list?

Yes, I will send a patch
Comment 3 Randy MacLeod 2024-01-18 16:20:32 UTC 
Chrostoph, are you still planning to send a patch?
Comment 4 Christoph Vogtlaender 2024-02-20 10:49:42 UTC 
Yes, I will send a patch. Sorry for the delay.
Comment 5 Christoph Vogtlaender 2024-02-20 11:52:07 UTC 
Patch send to oe-core
Comment 6 Stephen K Jolley 2024-02-26 01:55:06 UTC 
Patch Sent