From dcf2655b122bf296ce5888ff3d99bc8ae943016f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cliff Brake <cbrake@bec-systems.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2023 11:27:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add yoe_link_downloads_sstate

Signed-off-by: Cliff Brake <cbrake@bec-systems.com>
---
 envsetup.sh | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/envsetup.sh b/envsetup.sh
index a7b8dbe94..82cdfdbbf 100644
--- a/envsetup.sh
+++ b/envsetup.sh
@@ -747,3 +747,29 @@ yoe_create_tap_devices() {
   fi
   sudo ${OE_BASE}/sources/poky/scripts/runqemu-gen-tapdevs `id -g` `nproc --all`
 }
+
+# link downloads and sstate directory to some common location
+# it is often best if a relative directory is used for this
+yoe_link_downloads_sstate() {
+  DIR=$1
+
+  if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    echo "Must specify destination directory"
+  fi
+
+  if [ -e downloads ]; then
+    rm -rf downloads
+  fi
+
+  ln -sf $DIR/downloads downloads
+
+  if [[ $DIR == *".." ]]; then
+    DIR=$DIR/..
+  fi
+
+  if [ -e build/sstate-cache ]; then
+    rm -rf build/sstate-cache
+  fi
+
+  ln -sf $DIR/sstate-cache build/sstate-cache
+}