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KAS-FORMAT-CHANGELOG(1) kas KAS-FORMAT-CHANGELOG(1)

NAME

kas-format-changelog - project configuration changelog

The kas project configuration is versioned to ensure that the requested features are supported by the current kas version.

CONFIGURATION FORMAT CHANGES

Version 1 (Alias '0.10')

Added

  • Include mechanism
  • Version check

Version 2

Changed

Configuration file versions are now integers

Fixed

Including files from repos that are not defined in the current file

Version 3

Added

Task key that allows to specify which task to run (bitbake -c)

Version 4

Added

Target key now allows to be a list of target names

Version 5

Changed behavior

Using multiconfig:* targets adds appropriate BBMULTICONFIG entries to the local.conf automatically.

Version 6

Added

env key now allows to pass custom environment variables to the bitbake build process.

Version 7

Added

type property to repos to be able to express which version control system to use.

Version 8

Added

patches property to repos to be able to apply additional patches to the repo.

Version 9

Added

defaults key can now be used to set a default value for the repository property refspec and the repository patch property repo. These default values will be used if the appropriate properties are not defined for a given repository or patch.

Version 10

Added

build_system property to pre-select OE or Isar.

Version 11

Changed behavior

  • String item includes are now using repo-relative paths. File-relative is still supported by issues a deprecation warning.
  • bblayers.conf is generated with BBPATH and BBFILES preset to common defaults. Those can still be overwritten via bblayers_conf_headers.

Added

menu_configuration key stores the selections done via kas menu in a configuration file. It is only evaluated by that plugin.

Version 12

Added

For repositories, url and path can now be overridden with a null-value to switch between version-controlled repositories and unversioned local folders.

Version 13

Added

Variables used in the env section can now be assigned null as value. In this case the variables are only exported to the bb env whitelist.

Version 14

Added

  • The keys commit and branch are introduced as replacement of refspec in repos and defaults. refspec is now deprecated and will eventually be removed.
  • The overrides top-level entry can be used to pin floating repo branches.
  • _source_dir top-level entry is auto-generated when using the menu plugin and provides the path to the top repo at time of invoking the plugin.
  • _source_dir_host top-level entry is auto-generated by kas-container to track the source path outside of the container.

Version 15

Added

The key tag is introduced as a complement to commit and branch in repos.

Version 16

Fixed

The key tag introduced in v15 was not supported in defaults. It's now added.

SEE ALSO

kas-project-config(1)

KAS

Part of the kas(1) suite.

AUTHOR

Daniel Wagner, Jan Kiszka, Claudius Heine

COPYRIGHT

Siemens AG, 2017-2024

April 10, 2024 4.3.2