do_compile is not getting called when an image class is inherited in Yocto

I have a requirement to inherit an image class( *.bbclass )and run a script from image recipe but my do_compile is not getting called.

For simplicity, I am putting up minimal sample code from poky source here which does similar thing which I want.

I have created a test recipe called inherit-test_0.1.bb under my own created layer meta-raxy.

Here is the inherit-test_0.1.bb recipe file,

SUMMARY = "Inherit Test Application"
LICENSE = "CLOSED"

inherit image

do_compile () {
    echo MyRecipe
}

When I compile this recipe by bitbake inherit-test after setting up oe-init-build-env, I do not see my do_compile gets compiled since there is no log file present in working directory poky/build/tmp/work/qemux86-poky-linux/inherit-test/0.1-r0/temp/log.do_compile with the line MyRecipe

And if I remove inherit image, I see do_compile gets compiled as shown below in log file,

DEBUG: Executing shell function do_compile
MyRecipe
DEBUG: Shell function do_compile finished

Any help will really be appreciated.

Solution

Inheriting "image" states do_compile[noexec] = "1", among others, (as you can see in the image.bblcass file) which means that the do_compile task won't be executed. That is one of the several ways Yocto offers for delete a task.