doc: Describe devshell_nodeps target

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Series doc: Describe devshell_nodeps target | expand

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Jan Kiszka Jan. 22, 2025, 6:08 a.m. UTC
From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>

This is a valuable tool to debug transitive build dependency issues.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
---
 doc/user_manual.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

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Uladzimir Bely Feb. 6, 2025, 7:41 a.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, 2025-01-22 at 07:08 +0100, 'Jan Kiszka' via isar-users wrote:
> From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
> 
> This is a valuable tool to debug transitive build dependency issues.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
> ---
>  doc/user_manual.md | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/user_manual.md b/doc/user_manual.md
> index 62d16c8c..be71ef50 100644
> --- a/doc/user_manual.md
> +++ b/doc/user_manual.md
> @@ -1151,6 +1151,10 @@ recipes. This target opens a terminal inside
> the schroot rootfs that runs the
>  package build. To invoke it, just call
>  `bitbake mc:${MACHINE}-${DISTRO}:<package_name> -c devshell`.
>  
> +To debug build dependency issues, there is also the devshell_nodeps
> target. It
> +skips any failing dependency installation, allowing to run them
> manually in the
> +schroot.
> +
>  
>  ## Using ccache for custom packages
>  
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 

Applied to next, thanks.

Patch

diff --git a/doc/user_manual.md b/doc/user_manual.md
index 62d16c8c..be71ef50 100644
--- a/doc/user_manual.md
+++ b/doc/user_manual.md
@@ -1151,6 +1151,10 @@  recipes. This target opens a terminal inside the schroot rootfs that runs the
 package build. To invoke it, just call
 `bitbake mc:${MACHINE}-${DISTRO}:<package_name> -c devshell`.
 
+To debug build dependency issues, there is also the devshell_nodeps target. It
+skips any failing dependency installation, allowing to run them manually in the
+schroot.
+
 
 ## Using ccache for custom packages