Bug 11594 - update docs to note gitsm fetcher does not mirror and list the sources it pulls
Summary: update docs to note gitsm fetcher does not mirror and list the sources it pulls
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: BitBake
Classification: Build System, Metadata & Runtime
Component: bitbake (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: x86 Multiple
: Medium+ normal
Target Milestone: 2.4 M4
Assignee: Mikko Ylinen
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Reported: 2017-05-31 06:00 UTC by Mikko Ylinen
Modified: 2017-10-09 04:01 UTC (History)
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Description Mikko Ylinen 2017-05-31 06:00:45 UTC 
gitsm fetcher is not able to use a source mirror for the git submodules it pulls. Furthermore the submodule sources it pulls are not visible to the licensing infrastructure/archiver.

The first part is a documented limitation while the latter isn't.
Comment 1 Richard Purdie 2017-06-01 14:34:07 UTC 
CAn you send a patch documenting this latter part please? This is one reason I have a rather strong dislike of the gitsm fetcher and in some ways wish we'd never merged it. I'd be happy to see patches making the license class error for gitsm:// urls.
Comment 2 Christopher Larson 2017-08-29 15:15:19 UTC 
We should be able to fix this via the intended implementation for Issue #11831. By reworking the submodules to use the bitbake fetcher, we'll have more visibility into their fetch process and mirrors will be used for the submodules.
Comment 3 Mikko Ylinen 2017-10-06 08:48:00 UTC 
patch sent to bitbake-devel.
Comment 4 Mikko Ylinen 2017-10-09 04:01:47 UTC 
the doc update merged in bitbake master.