oelint.append.protvars

severity: error

Example

In my-random-%.bbappend

LICENSE = "MIT"
LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "foo;md5sum=f3e466264f6a083f8febd2b6921ce8c2"
PR = "4"
PV = "4"
SRCREV = "f161ebd29699d93411cec0915c5133c0f3229a28"

Why is this bad?

This will obscure the license detection and change detection, leading to unpredictable effects, like missing rebuilds or missed out license changes.

Ways to fix it

• do NOT use any of LICENSE, LIC_FILES_CHKSUM, PR, PV or SRCREV in *.bbappend
• create a copy of the recipe instead and use PREFERRED_PROVIDER instead