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authorPaul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com>2012-10-10 14:27:44 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2012-10-15 14:45:12 +0100
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documentation: poky-ref-manual - DISTRO description extended.
Extend the description of the DISTRO variable so that it mentions that this points to a .conf file under conf/distro and mentions what happens if the value is left blank. (From yocto-docs rev: 50f8f0394d8d849e0a227d6c9ffcdc3cccb7e307) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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456 456
457 <glossentry id='var-DISTRO'><glossterm>DISTRO</glossterm> 457 <glossentry id='var-DISTRO'><glossterm>DISTRO</glossterm>
458 <glossdef> 458 <glossdef>
459 <para>The short name of the distribution.</para> 459 <para>
460 The short name of the distribution.
461 This variable corresponds to a file with the
462 extension <filename>.conf</filename>
463 located in a <filename>conf/distro</filename> directory
464 within the metadata that contains the distribution configuration.
465 The
466 value must not contain spaces, and is typically all lower-case.
467 </para>
468 <para>
469 If the variable is blank, a set of default configuration
470 will be used, which is specified
471 within <filename>meta/conf/distro/defaultsetup.conf</filename>.
472 </para>
460 </glossdef> 473 </glossdef>
461 </glossentry> 474 </glossentry>
462 475