externalsrc.bbclass: don't configure with --disable-dependency-tracking

One of the uses of externalsrc is to enable iterative editing and
rebuilding of source files during development. In such situations,
disabling Automake dependency tracking can lead to sources not being
rebuilt even though files they depend on have been modified.

Signed-off-by: Andre McCurdy <armccurdy@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@intel.com>

diff --git a/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass b/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass
index c9f5cf767d082fc796b833965c8bcfc31bbc4937..ad87d85f78762976843428581875fcde6cac152a 100644 (file)
--- a/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ python () {
             # Dummy value because the default function can't be called with blank SRC_URI
             d.setVar('SRCPV', '999')
 
+        if d.getVar('CONFIGUREOPT_DEPTRACK') == '--disable-dependency-tracking':
+            d.setVar('CONFIGUREOPT_DEPTRACK', '')
+
         tasks = filter(lambda k: d.getVarFlag(k, "task"), d.keys())
 
         for task in tasks: