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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index c9ca5cf47a..926882aa4f 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | |||
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| 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> |