will_build does not work as expected

[brussee]

if will_build('snappy'):

is not equivalent to

if 'snappy' in recipe.ctx.recipe_build_order:

[inclement]

From your reply on #kivy, it sounds like your problem was that will_build returns a function. This is deliberate, this function is for passing conditions to recipe builds in the depends list, not for what you're trying.

[brussee]

👍

[kived]

That's why it's in the patching module. ;-) You can also use if will_build('snappy')(self):, though I don't know if that's really any better than just doing the check in recipe_build_order yourself.

def will_build(recipe_name):
    def will(recipe, **kwargs):
        return recipe_name in recipe.ctx.recipe_build_order
    return will