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LIN6-3721 : WRL5: wrl_buildlink pollutes ${WORKDIR}

Created: Jun 18, 2013 Updated: Oct 12, 2016

Resolved Date: Oct 16, 2013

Previous ID: LIN5-5282, LIN6-2978

Found In Version: 6.0

Fix Version: 6.0

Severity: Severe

Applicable for: Wind River Linux 6

Component/s: Build & Config

Description

The task wrl_buildlink that run before do_unpack will will create an
extra symlink in ${WORKDIR} that points to ${WORKDIR}/${PF}.

The task will execute the following
ln -sf
/dcx/dcx-projectDir-aiqCLi/bitbake_build/tmp/work/x86_64-wrs-linux/com-R1D13-r0
/dcx/dcx-projectDir-aiqCLi/build/com-R1D13-r0

If the symlink
/dcx/dcx-projectDir-aiqCLi/build/com-R1D13-r0 already
exist, the new one will be created inside the directory the symlink
points to.

Steps to Reproduce

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