-v and -D aren't very well documented at the moment. I suggest changing the following, -v, --verbose Output more log message data to the terminal. -D, --debug Increase the debug level. You can specify this more than once. , to the following: -v, --verbose Enable tracing of shell tasks (with 'set -x'). Also print bb.note(...) messages to stdout (in addition to writing them to ${T}/log.do_<task>). -D, --debug Increase the debug level. You can specify this more than once. -D sets the debug level to 1, where only bb.debug(1, ...) messages are printed to stdout; -DD sets the debug level to 2, where both bb.debug(1, ...) and bb.debug(2, ...) messages are printed; etc. Without -D, no debug messages are printed. Note that -D only affects output to stdout. All debug messages are written to ${T}/log.do_taskname, regardless of the debug level. See https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9950 as well, which prompted this ticket.
This should probably not be assigned to me as it is the code that needs changing to produce the help output. Once the code is changed and I can see it merged into poky, I will update the manual's example output section to match. Scott
One small self-nit: ${T}/log.do_taskname could be changed to ${T}/log.do_<task> to be consistent with the description for -v.
Triage team... please assign this bug to someone else. Thanks, Scott
Setting target to 2.3 M2 Just to get the bug off my back. Someone else needs to own this bug.
Bug Team... this bug should be re-assigned to someone that can change the --help code for BitBake. Scott
Not my bug - please assign to someone that can change the actual help output. I am setting to "Wait for Upstream" when the actual code is changed. Let me know when that happens and I will update the doc. Scott
Setting to 2.3 M4. This is not my bug. Please change it to whoever updates the help output in the code. Scott
Hello! I grabbed this bug after submitting a patch for it. I grep'd for the existing documentation, replaced it, and tried to match surrounding whitespace. I did my best to regard patch submission guidelines and code styleguides, but please let me know if there's anything I can do better in the future! Diana
I like this more verbose version. If I'm doing a --help, I'd just as soon have a more detailed version.
Hi, So I opened a new shell and did a 'git fetch origin' for poky while in my local repo of poky. Then, I did a 'bitbake -h' command and the help I am getting is still the short version as output for -v and -D - -v, --verbose Output more log message data to the terminal. -D, --debug Increase the debug level. You can specify this more than once. Is the change Diana indicated in Comment 8 in a different poky branch? How do I see the final version of the help text for -v and -D? Thanks, Scott
it hasn't been merged yet. patch is at : https://patchwork.openembedded.org/series/5911/#
Thanks Brian... will the patch be merged in time for 2.3?
Merged in Bitbake 921592026c69287cdb40ffd90944d5944f28e2c3.
Hi, The patch for the BitBake manual had an error in it. It was using the < and > characters, which are illegal in DocBook causing the "make" to not work for the manual. I have updated the file to use the < and > strings so the manual will compile. I am marking the doc flag to "done" for this bug. Thanks, Scott