bitbake: toaster: implement BitbakeController.getVariable

Added new API to get value of bitbake variable from bitbake server.
The API will be used to update INHERIT variable instead of writing
it to the toaster configuration files.

(Bitbake rev: effc371e3a4a2262e53e9e560c7c08cffad195da)

Signed-off-by: Ed Bartosh <ed.bartosh@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: brian avery <avery.brian@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/bldcontrol/bbcontroller.py b/bitbake/lib/toaster/bldcontrol/bbcontroller.py
index 3d98ad7e1efd335d757a8eb38eb06bcd6424e907..ba009313e70d42588c2f9b1f674f482f11b0a0df 100644 (file)
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/bldcontrol/bbcontroller.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/bldcontrol/bbcontroller.py
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ class BitbakeController(object):
     def setVariable(self, name, value):
         return self._runCommand(["setVariable", name, value])
 
+    def getVariable(self, name):
+        return self._runCommand(["getVariable", name])
+
     def build(self, targets, task = None):
         if task is None:
             task = "build"