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I am working with old Linux built with Yocto. I need to update one package in the image. Recipes for the package can be found here: https://layers.openembedded.org/layerindex/branch/master/recipes/.

What is the best way to do it? Should I add a new layer with a newer version of the recipe and the .patch files? Does Yocto know which version of the recipe should be used? Recipe file names differ because they have different names (different version suffixes) but in the package I want to be used there is an .inc file. Does Yocto know which .inc file should be used?

Thank you in advance for any help.

Guy Avraham
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I would not recommend to make any changes in the standard layers. Instead you can make a custom layer and add the support for newer version there with the patch files.

You can use PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto in your machine file to set the version you want to compile. Or PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto_your-MACHINE-name in the local.conf.

While making your custom recipe for kernel, also include the .inc file in same directory. Yocto will first search for .inc file in the recipe directory.

Dharman
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