Allow supporting multiple yocto branches

[ykoehler]

The docker container once run only propose the local yocto build in the image or the tip of the same yocto branch. I would like to enable this docker image to support more branches.

Yet, within the image if I go under /home/usersetup/poky and do git checkout -b origin/ I get

toasteruser@6b5c7e6985b2:/home/usersetup/poky$ git checkout -b daisy origin/daisy
fatal: Cannot update paths and switch to branch 'daisy' at the same time.
Did you intend to checkout 'origin/daisy' which can not be resolved as commit?
toasteruser@6b5c7e6985b2:/home/usersetup/poky$ git fetch
error: cannot open .git/FETCH_HEAD: Permission denied

As such, I think the dockerfile need to fetch the origin fully to enable retreiving more branches.

[bavery22]

Hi, So, we currently don't fetch the full git tree to keep the container sizes down. If you would like to run other branches of toaster than the ones we have custom containers for there is the --local option. For example: this assumes you have checked out poky in `pwd` and switched to the branch you are interested in. docker run -it --rm -p 0.0.0.0:18000:8000 -v `pwd`:/workdir crops/toaster --local The --local flag tells the container to start up the toaster that is found in /workdir/poky/bitbake/bin/toaster. This mode is primarily aimed at toaster development, rather than usage. This highlights the a couple of issues, however. 1)Toaster has not been consistent on how it is started up especially where older versions are concerned. The current containers special case the different versions we support, but there is not a generic solution. 2) The requirements for toaster have changed for the various releases. For example, this is what happens when I try to run daisy using --local "This program needs Django 1.5. Please install with sudo pip install django==1.5" The containers are not set up to handle this. 3) The versions of Django and South (deprecated and abandoned) that the older versions of toaster were built with have not gotten security updates in quite some time, which is worrisome...

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-brian an intel employee

On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 6:38 AM, Yannick Koehler ***@***.***> wrote: The docker container once run only propose the local yocto build in the image or the tip of the same yocto branch. I would like to enable this docker image to support more branches. Yet, within the image if I go under /home/usersetup/poky and do git checkout -b origin/ I get ***@***.***:/home/usersetup/poky$ git checkout -b daisy origin/daisy fatal: Cannot update paths and switch to branch 'daisy' at the same time. Did you intend to checkout 'origin/daisy' which can not be resolved as commit? ***@***.***:/home/usersetup/poky$ git fetch error: cannot open .git/FETCH_HEAD: Permission denied As such, I think the dockerfile need to fetch the origin fully to enable retreiving more branches. — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#25>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACkxjbeepBmUAsB-IyA5vhgrQaX5fAhtks5sABBIgaJpZM4NuS6g> .