From 9a8d0ea021714e61c054d9aeaa6b6a6a0c617906 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:15:07 -0800 Subject: ref-manual: Updated the intro text to "Distro Features" section. (From yocto-docs rev: 38a35921be904bfa1e20160f6548aacefbc5f144) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/ref-manual/ref-features.xml | 25 ++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'documentation/ref-manual/ref-features.xml') diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-features.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-features.xml index 1874021e4a..cf2691abf9 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-features.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-features.xml @@ -99,13 +99,24 @@ The items below are features you can use with - DISTRO_FEATURES. - Features do not have a one-to-one correspondence to packages, and they can - go beyond simply controlling the installation of a package or packages. - Sometimes a feature can influence how certain recipes are built. - For example, a feature might determine whether a particular configure option - is specified within do_configure for a particular - recipe. + DISTRO_FEATURES + to enable features across your distribution. + Features do not have a one-to-one correspondence to packages, + and they can go beyond simply controlling the installation of a + package or packages. + In most cases, the presence or absence of a feature translates to + the appropriate option supplied to the configure script during + do_configure for the recipes that optionally + support the feature. + + + + Some distro features are also machine features. + This select list of features makes sense to be controlled both at + the machine and distribution configuration level. + See the + COMBINED_FEATURES + variable for more information. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf