Bug 15756

Summary:	INHIBIT_AUTOTOOLS_DEPS is lacking documentation
Product:	[Build System, Metadata & Runtime] OE-Core	Reporter:	kweihmann
Component:	core	Assignee:	Alper Ak <alperyasinak1>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Medium	CC:	alperyasinak1, antonin.godard, meta.mr.watcher, meta.watcher, randy.macleod, richard.purdie
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	5.99
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Multiple
Whiteboard:	NEWCOMER
OS type for building Yocto:	---	Type of Regression:	---
Verified:		Documentation change:	Yes (doc changes required)

Description kweihmann 2025-02-16 10:18:22 UTC

INHIBIT_AUTOTOOLS_DEPS used by autotools is lacking
a default value and is entirely undocumented

> bitbake-getvar INHIBIT_AUTOTOOLS_DEPS

returns

> The variable 'INHIBIT_AUTOTOOLS_DEPS' is not defined

The code in autotools bbclass is doing a "if d.getVar('INHIBIT_AUTOTOOLS_DEPS'):" only,
so having a documented and defined empty value will not impact functionality

Comment 1 Richard Purdie 2025-02-17 12:55:55 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.

Comment 2 Alper Ak 2025-05-18 14:53:21 UTC

Patch sent -> https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/6835

Comment 3 Alper Ak 2025-05-19 12:34:51 UTC

PATCH v3 -> https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/6841

Comment 4 Antonin Godard 2025-05-27 06:34:42 UTC

Patch merged (commit 18a2686b530ae428103653450d8963d38dcdef46 on yocto-docs).

Thanks!

Moving to Resolved Fixed.