Developer Workflow Improvements

Developer workflow improvements as documented in the following bugzilla entry:

https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6662

Todo list

SDK

• Running recipetool from devtool within the SDK seems to be broken -- Fixed, was related to custom environment setup script not being used (as well as poor error reporting) - Paul
• Properly report failures in bitbake execution during install (output is currently discarded)
• Prevent do_rootfs itself from executing on install - we only need the tasks that it depends upon
• Write test script for SDK
• Randy: getting errors from bitbake about changed signatures - behaviour change after Hongxu's patch?
• Update environment setup script to use buildsystem toolchain -- Done but needs testing and function dependent on uninative - Randy
• Make relocation in toolchain-shar-template.sh optional -- Done - Randy
• Use uninative in new-sdk during setscene -- Done - Randy
• devtool in SDK needs fixing after toolchain changes (Make a native recipe?) -- Done - Randy
• Fix runqemu(and possibly other tools?) since we no longer have the nativesdk sysroot (Add them to buildtools-lite?)
• Refactor to move functionality to SDK classes rather than meta-newsdk recipe
• Extraction of SDK doesn't work in ubuntu container due to /bin/sh -> dash -- Done - Randy
• nativesdk-qemu-helper_1.0.bb and qemu-helper_1.0.bb don't publish the same set of files. Investigate, since runqemu(and possibly other things) may need to come from the buildsystem's native sysroot.

devtool

• The following recipes can't currently be extracted: linux-yocto*, *gcc*, perf
• Ensure messages are friendly (for now)
• Use proper logging for output
• Add support for plugins in multiple layers
• Support 'devtool modify linux-yocto' - externalsrc doesn't seem to work here at the moment -- Started, paused until Bruce's patchset is ready - Paul
• Avoid bitbake warning when workspace layer is empty
• Add an option for modify / add to use the same directory for source and build where that's required
• Basic support for updating patches from source tree git repository -- Started - Paul
• Write tests for use next to the build system

recipetool

• More comprehensive license auto-detection
• Use proper logging for output
• Ensure messages are friendly (for now)
• Rudimentary spec file conversion?
• Extend mappings for autoconf declared dependencies
• Write tests for use next to the build system