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author | Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2018-07-13 11:55:32 -0700 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2018-08-15 10:28:12 +0100 |
commit | 84178b1fd5905e144dc48acbec803871793ef957 (patch) | |
tree | 2ab392a396586173dc0cfe72b84f54d564f351b5 | |
parent | 0ca3e9a2dca71504f5ca632f427801fe76393cdd (diff) | |
download | poky-84178b1fd5905e144dc48acbec803871793ef957.tar.gz |
ref-manual: Updated the DISTRO variable description
I added a cross-reference to the "DISTRO_NAME" variable as it is
the long version of the distribution name.
(From yocto-docs rev: c707da8121171cc81e0d07ac14369b0045de5119)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
-rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 21 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 1563f48482..708cd900d0 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | |||
@@ -3636,10 +3636,17 @@ | |||
3636 | <para role="glossdeffirst"> | 3636 | <para role="glossdeffirst"> |
3637 | <!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> | 3637 | <!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> |
3638 | The short name of the distribution. | 3638 | The short name of the distribution. |
3639 | This variable corresponds to a distribution | 3639 | For information on the long name of the distribution, see |
3640 | configuration file whose root name is the same as the | 3640 | the |
3641 | variable's argument and whose filename extension is | 3641 | <link linkend='var-DISTRO_NAME'><filename>DISTRO_NAME</filename></link> |
3642 | <filename>.conf</filename>. | 3642 | variable. |
3643 | </para> | ||
3644 | |||
3645 | <para> | ||
3646 | The <filename>DISTRO</filename> variable corresponds to a | ||
3647 | distribution configuration file whose root name is the | ||
3648 | same as the variable's argument and whose filename | ||
3649 | extension is <filename>.conf</filename>. | ||
3643 | For example, the distribution configuration file for the | 3650 | For example, the distribution configuration file for the |
3644 | Poky distribution is named <filename>poky.conf</filename> | 3651 | Poky distribution is named <filename>poky.conf</filename> |
3645 | and resides in the | 3652 | and resides in the |
@@ -3664,9 +3671,9 @@ | |||
3664 | The value for <filename>DISTRO</filename> must not contain | 3671 | The value for <filename>DISTRO</filename> must not contain |
3665 | spaces, and is typically all lower-case. | 3672 | spaces, and is typically all lower-case. |
3666 | <note> | 3673 | <note> |
3667 | If the <filename>DISTRO</filename> variable is blank, a set | 3674 | If the <filename>DISTRO</filename> variable is blank, |
3668 | of default configurations are used, which are specified | 3675 | a set of default configurations are used, which are |
3669 | within | 3676 | specified within |
3670 | <filename>meta/conf/distro/defaultsetup.conf</filename> | 3677 | <filename>meta/conf/distro/defaultsetup.conf</filename> |
3671 | also in the Source Directory. | 3678 | also in the Source Directory. |
3672 | </note> | 3679 | </note> |