Bug 15754

Summary:	INHIBIT_PACKAGE_STRIP_FILES is lacking documentation
Product:	[Build System, Metadata & Runtime] OE-Core	Reporter:	kweihmann
Component:	core	Assignee:	Unassigned <unassigned>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Medium	CC:	meta.mr.watcher, meta.watcher, randy.macleod, richard.purdie
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	5.99
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Multiple
Whiteboard:
OS type for building Yocto:	---	Type of Regression:	---
Verified:		Documentation change:	Yes (doc changes required)

Description kweihmann 2025-02-16 10:17:10 UTC

INHIBIT_PACKAGE_STRIP_FILES used by packaging is lacking
a default value and is entirely undocumented

> bitbake-getvar INHIBIT_PACKAGE_STRIP_FILES

returns

> The variable 'INHIBIT_PACKAGE_STRIP_FILES' is not defined

The code in packaging code is doing a "(d.getVar("INHIBIT_PACKAGE_STRIP_FILES") or "").split()" only,
so having a documented and defined empty value will not impact functionality

Comment 1 Richard Purdie 2025-02-17 12:55:45 UTC

As per several other bugs opened of this type, we are not adding default values for the sake of it.

I do agree we should document variables where possible.