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@@ -3938,6 +3938,46 @@ | |||
3938 | <para role="glossdeffirst"> | 3938 | <para role="glossdeffirst"> |
3939 | <!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> | 3939 | <!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> |
3940 | The long name of the distribution. | 3940 | The long name of the distribution. |
3941 | For information on the short name of the distribution, see | ||
3942 | the | ||
3943 | <link linkend='var-DISTRO'><filename>DISTRO</filename></link> | ||
3944 | variable. | ||
3945 | </para> | ||
3946 | |||
3947 | <para> | ||
3948 | The <filename>DISTRO_NAME</filename> variable corresponds | ||
3949 | to a distribution configuration file whose root name is the | ||
3950 | same as the variable's argument and whose filename | ||
3951 | extension is <filename>.conf</filename>. | ||
3952 | For example, the distribution configuration file for the | ||
3953 | Poky distribution is named <filename>poky.conf</filename> | ||
3954 | and resides in the | ||
3955 | <filename>meta-poky/conf/distro</filename> directory of | ||
3956 | the | ||
3957 | <link linkend='source-directory'>Source Directory</link>. | ||
3958 | </para> | ||
3959 | |||
3960 | <para> | ||
3961 | Within that <filename>poky.conf</filename> file, the | ||
3962 | <filename>DISTRO_NAME</filename> variable is set as | ||
3963 | follows: | ||
3964 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> | ||
3965 | DISTRO_NAME = "Poky (Yocto Project Reference Distro)" | ||
3966 | </literallayout> | ||
3967 | </para> | ||
3968 | |||
3969 | <para> | ||
3970 | Distribution configuration files are located in a | ||
3971 | <filename>conf/distro</filename> directory within the | ||
3972 | <link linkend='metadata'>Metadata</link> | ||
3973 | that contains the distribution configuration. | ||
3974 | <note> | ||
3975 | If the <filename>DISTRO_NAME</filename> variable is | ||
3976 | blank, a set of default configurations are used, which | ||
3977 | are specified within | ||
3978 | <filename>meta/conf/distro/defaultsetup.conf</filename> | ||
3979 | also in the Source Directory. | ||
3980 | </note> | ||
3941 | </para> | 3981 | </para> |
3942 | </glossdef> | 3982 | </glossdef> |
3943 | </glossentry> | 3983 | </glossentry> |