How to delete temporary build files

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1

Hi,

Could someone please clarify which files/folders can be safely deleted after successfully building and installing an RTEMS BSP and tools etc? Also is there a build target or script to do it?

Thanks.

2

How did you run the build?

3

Here are the commands I used to build:

export RTEMS_BASE=/opt/rtems6
cd /usr/src && \
    git clone --depth 1 https://gitlab.rtems.org/rtems/tools/rtems-source-builder.git rsb && \
    cd /usr/src/rsb && \
    git fetch --all --tags && \
    git checkout tags/6.1 -b 6 && \
    ./source-builder/sb-check && \
    cd /usr/src/rsb/rtems && \
    ../source-builder/sb-set-builder --list-bsets && \
    ../source-builder/sb-set-builder --prefix=${RTEMS_BASE} 6/rtems-powerpc

    git clone --depth 1 https://gitlab.rtems.org/rtems/rtos/rtems.git rtems && \
    cd rtems && \
    git fetch --all --tags && \
    git checkout tags/6.1 -b 6  && \
    mv /config.ini . && \
    ./waf configure \
    --prefix=/opt/rtems6 && \
    ./waf && \
    ./waf install
4

That seem reasonable when deploying RTEMS. The /opt/rtems6 path will contain all the pieces you need. I then avoid installing anything further into that path.

The RSB stages the build in a private directory that is not the prefix, ie /opt/rtems6 until the build complete without error then it does the install. If you build the kernel and tools as a single buildset the prefix ends up with a completed build. No temporary files are placed there. The rtems-deployment tool does this but it leaves you with a tar file you can install. If you wipe the tree under the prefix path you can untar the build tar file and be back with a clean copy.

5

Thanks @kiwichris for your response.

So, is there any temporary build staging area (ie the one setup by RSB) that we should delete / cleanup after the install? Or is this staging area automatically cleared by RSB after the install?

Moreover, are there any files/folders inside the RSB source tree to be deleted after the build and install process?

Regards.

6

You should not need to clean up the staging area. It should be cleaned once the install has been completed. The RSB should start from a clean base and if this is not the case it would be a bug.

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