Fetching
The mechanism used by BitBake to fetch source code is internally called the fetcher backend. There are several fetcher backends supported, which can be configured to align user requirements and optimize source code fetching.
BitBake supports several protocols for remote file downloads. The most commonly used are http://, https://, and git://. When BitBake executes the do_fetch task in a recipe, it checks the contents of SRC_URI. We will discover, through the various fetchers, how to proceed based on our need.
The local file fetcher
The local file fetcher submodule handles URLs that begin with file://. The filename you specify within the ...
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