Yocto - development build vs production build

Question

I'd like to have a traditional way to build a development image and a production image, both pulling from the same recipes, but one differing with just debug tools/settings.

I've read that conditional includes in builds is not really how Yocto/Bitbake work, but thought perhaps the easiest way is to create a separate MACHINE folder, but perhaps have the debug work directory point to an additional layer with the debug stuff.

Answer 1

You can write two separate image recipes, and have them include what is needed (e.g. additional debug-oriented recipes).