In almost every bitbake recipe I have seen, do_configure[noexec] = "1" and do_compile[noexec] = "1" is set (before do_install).
Why would the authors not want their own recipes to be compiled and configured? Am I missing some knowledge on Yocto and OpenEmbedded build system? Thanks. When I run bitbake recipe_name I do see it being compiled and working as usual.
A quick survey of most recipes in OpenEmbedded-Core shows the large majority don't set these variables. They are set in some recipes, usually where the configuration and compilation steps are not required, for example for a recipe just packaging configuration files or a packagegroups recipes which is just about dependencies.