I have a relatively simple receipt file (stripped version of the ntp) with no installation of the {bindir}. However, unless I explicitly remove the {bindir} in the do_install_append I get a QA error saying:
ERROR: ntp-4.2.8p9-r0 do_package: QA Issue: ntp: Files/directories were installed but not shipped in any package:
/usr/bin
Please set FILES such that these items are packaged. Alternatively if they are unneeded, avoid installing them or delete them within do_install.
ntp: 1 installed and not shipped files. [installed-vs-shipped] ERROR: ntp-4.2.8p9-r0 do_package: Fatal QA errors found, failing task.
Why is the removal needed in this recipe? Is there some other recipe that is installing {bindir}?
There is some default do_install provided by https://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/tree/meta/classes/base.bbclass. If you only want to install what you want. Please overwrite do_install () instead of do_install_append (). Otherwise you need to add all files FILES_${PN}.