From 2eb5550db45d9617365f2d0a34ff1b9d2ea0c9ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Rini Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2021 12:10:26 -0400 Subject: manuals: Rename the "Using .bbappend Files in Your Layer" section To prepare to add another example bbappend, rename the current "Using .bbappend Files in Your Layer" section to "Appending Other Layers Metadata With Your Layer". Name the current example as "Overlaying a File Using Your Layer". (From yocto-docs rev: 62d7b5721b2fbcf1e22fc4e7bbac51d52260730e) Signed-off-by: Tom Rini Reviewed-by: Michael Opdenacker Reviewed-by: Quentin Schulz Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'documentation/dev-manual') diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst index 3a2fb36554..7f51674a92 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst @@ -443,8 +443,8 @@ file. During the processing of each ``conf/layer.conf`` file, BitBake adds the recipes, classes and configurations contained within the particular layer to the source directory. -Using .bbappend Files in Your Layer ------------------------------------ +Appending Other Layers Metadata With Your Layer +----------------------------------------------- A recipe that appends Metadata to another recipe is called a BitBake append file. A BitBake append file uses the ``.bbappend`` file type @@ -474,6 +474,9 @@ does not have a corresponding recipe with a matching name. See the :term:`BB_DANGLINGAPPENDS_WARNONLY` variable for information on how to handle this error. +Overlaying a File Using Your Layer +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + As an example, consider the main formfactor recipe and a corresponding formfactor append file both from the :term:`Source Directory`. Here is the main @@ -6091,7 +6094,7 @@ layer. The following steps provide some more detail: - Add a ``psplash`` append file for a branded splash screen. For information on append files, see the - ":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:using .bbappend files in your layer`" + ":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:appending other layers metadata with your layer`" section. - Add any other append files to make custom changes that are -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf