From 7d62867874fcead4f014e05332973f5d4fd7335f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 15:45:01 -0700 Subject: ref-manual: Updated LAYERSERIES_COMPAT variable description. Minor re-wordings from review. (From yocto-docs rev: d4598e7e43a8bafa4ff6ddeec50febcedc41b411) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'documentation') diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index cfabb0897f..d42ab01861 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -7830,8 +7830,11 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" OpenEmbedded Core project for which a layer is compatible. Using the LAYERSERIES_COMPAT variable - makes it clear when a given layer is unmaintained and - untested with new releases of OE-Core. + allows the layer maintainer to indicate which combinations + of the layer and OE-Core can be expected to work. + The variable gives the system a way to detect when a layer + has not been tested with new releases of OE-Core (e.g. + the layer is not maintained). @@ -7850,8 +7853,8 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" Setting LAYERSERIES_COMPAT is required by the Yocto Project Compatible version 2 standard. - The OpenEmbedded build system, however, does not - produce an error if the variable is not set. + The OpenEmbedded build system produces a warning if + the variable is not set for any given layer. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf